We just posted a breaking news brief on Jewish disappointment in the Senate’s failure to break a filibuster and pass the Paycheck Fairness act, which would have enhanced avenues to redress pay discrimination.
After the vote, President Obama met with a small group of representatives of groups that had led lobbying for the bill, among them, the National Council of Jewish Women and Reform’s Religious Action Center.
Here’s an official photo. The RAC’s Deborah Swerdlow is the last person on the left side of the table. Two up from her, in the gray jacket, is Sammie Moshenberg of the NCJW.
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