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Lilly Ledbetter is the latest Democrat to share her reason for being a Democrat. Her answer? "Equal pay for equal work." President Obama isn't "closing his eyes" to Republican attacks on women
President Obama calls out Republican attacks on women's health at the Women's Leadership Forum national issues conference.
Read MoreEqual pay for equal work isn't something I'm going to have to get back to you on—it's the first law I signed.
– President Barack ObamaHighlights from the Women's Leadership Forum national issues conference
Today is the first day of the 2012 Women's Leadership Forum National Issues Conference. Nearly 700 Democratic women from across the country are gathered in Washington to discuss what's at stake for American women in this election.
Read MoreWe can spend four more years...with a true champion for women’s priorities. Or we can choose Governor Romney.
– DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman SchultzRubio votes NO on the Violence Against Women Act
Marco Rubio cast one of the first votes against the Violence Against Women Act. This is the man Romney thinks might be a good running mate. Marco Rubio was one of the first senators in history to vote against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. This is the man Romney thinks might be a good running mate.
Republican-Passed Indiana Law Takes Away Medical Treatment for Low-Income Women
As part of their ideological crusade against women’s rights, Indiana Republicans passed a law in May that cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in their state, a nationwide women’s health care provider. Now that private donations have elapsed, Planned Parenthood is closing several locations and roughly 9,300 low-income women will no longer have the same access to health care.
Read MoreHouse GOP cuts low-income nutrition assistance
House Republicans have made it clear that even in times of economic recovery, they're not willing to end things like tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
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Senator Harry Reid
@SenatorReidThanks to the Republican government shutdown, a group of World War II vets had to break down barricades to visit a memorial in their honor.
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Senator Harry Reid
@SenatorReidThanks to the Republican government shutdown, 200 sick patients – including 30 children – are being turned away from an NIH clinic.
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Paul Tonko
@paultonko.@dgazette: Government closing sends many Capital Region workers home ow.ly/pqc1Z #GOPShutdown #EnoughAlready
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Rep. Joe Courtney
@RepJoeCourtneyEditorial from @thedayct highlights that #GOPshutdown is unnecessary, reckless: theday.com/article/201310…
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MI Democratic Party
@MichiganDems.@SFGate editorial: @GOP fringe threatens us all with shutdown scare. ow.ly/pqevl #GOPshutdown
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MI Democratic Party
@MichiganDems.@latimes editorial: @GOP's shutdown sham. ow.ly/pqene #GOPshutdown
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The NDP
@NebraskaDemsThe Dow is already down over 100 points. We're all paying the price for the GOP's government shutdown.
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The NDP
@NebraskaDemsOnce again, we're paying the price for the GOP's decision to hurt the economy in the hopes of obtaining concessions on Obama Care.
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