Word: act
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...excited I can hardly stand it." - after the act passed in the Senate, New York Times, January...
...this week. Nixon came up again in the state-senate soliloquy, which drew heavily on Nixon's signature blend of bathos, defiance, self-pity and implausibility. The same thing that tripped up Nixon felled Blagojevich: tapes, yes - but also the fact that the SOB-with-a-heart-of-gold act can work only if people are willing to believe that you might have a heart...
...first piece of real legislation Barack Obama signed as the 44th President of the United States helps ensure that workers discriminated on the basis of gender have a fair chance to sue their employers. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named after a woman who was paid less than her male co-workers at an Alabama tire factory. Ledbetter did not set out to be an activist; she did not even involve herself in politics much. But after the Supreme Court ruled against her, she decided it was time to start. (See pictures of Barack Obama's Inauguration...
...bill changes the Civil Rights Act so that workers can sue up to 180 days after receiving any discriminatory paycheck...
...just thrilled that this has finally passed and sends a message to the Supreme Court: You got it wrong." - as she was packing to travel to Washington D.C. for the signing of the act, Birmingham News, January...