Obama signs workforce anti-discrimination law Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:12 AM PST President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, handing his labor and women's rights backers a victory by reversing a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it harder to sue for pay discrimination. | Obama signs equal-pay bill AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:17 AM PST President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause. | Obama's snow jibe meets icy rebuff in Washington AFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 8:05 AM PST Shivering Washington residents gave a chilly reception Thursday to a sarcastic dig from President Barack Obama over their inability to cope with wintry weather. | Obama, first lady visit daughter's school USA Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:53 AM PST A day after President Obama publicly teased local school officials for canceling class because of wintry weather, he and his wife visited their younger daughter's school on Thursday. | Obama signs equal-pay bill USA Today Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:37 AM PST President Obama is singing the praises of newly passed legislation making it easier for workers to sue for discrimination on the job. | Top Obama envoy in Gaza peace mission CNN Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:37 AM PST U.S. President Barack Obama's top envoy to the Middle East spent Thursday conferring with Palestinian and Israeli officials in an attempt to maintain the Hamas-Israel cease-fire and regenerate a static peace process. | After one grandma's struggle, Obama signs equal pay law AFP via Yahoo! News Thu, 29 Jan 2009 7:53 AM PST As a grandmother's crusade peaked in a lavish White House ceremony, President Barack Obama on Thursday signed a new law making it easier for women to sue their employers for pay discrimination | | |
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