Campaign Resources

The resources below can help you learn more about the The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Supreme Court's ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. as the Senate bill advances.

Fair Pay Restoration Act, S. 1843

• Text of the bill
• List of current co-sponsors

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.

• Text of the decision
• Justice Ginsberg's dissent to the decision
• Amicus Brief in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Women's Community

Fact Sheets & Reports

• Equal Pay Day Fact Sheet, National Women's Law Center
• Myths v. Realities: What Would the Proposed Ledbetter Legislation Do?, National Partnership for Women & Families
• Fact Sheet on the Paycheck Accrual Rule, National Women's Law Center
• Fact Sheet on Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., National Women's Law Center

Congressional Testimony

• Sen. Harry Reid, Remarks on the Senate floor on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, April 24, 2008
• Sen. Johnny Isakson, Floor Statement on the Ledbetter Fair Pay as Delivered on the Senate Floor, April 23, 2008
• Senator Clinton Speaks In Support Of Equal Pay Legislation on Senate Floor, April 23, 2008
• Senator Obama Votes to Support the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, April 23, 2008
• Sen. Barbara Mikulski speaks in support of Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, April 23, 2008
• Lilly Ledbetter, Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions, Jan. 24, 2008
• Margot Dorfman, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions, Jan. 24, 2008
• Samuel Bagenstos, Associate Dean, University of Washington School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri, Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor, and Pensions, Jan. 24, 2008
• Lilly Ledbetter, House Education and Labor Committee, June 12, 2007

Organizational Letters

• Letter to the Senate, presented by a collaboration of numerous supporting organizations
• Letter to the Senate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act, National Women's Law Center
• Letter to the Senate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act, American Association of University Women
• Letter to the House on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831), Legal Momentum
• Letter to the Senate, National Organization for Women
• Letter to the House on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831), National Partnership for Women & Families
• Letter to the House on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831), National Women's Law Center

Blog Posts by the National Women's Law Center

• Unfair Play on Bill for Fair Pay, Apr. 24, 2008
• Breaking News: The Next Step for the Fair Pay Act, Apr. 23, 2008
• More on the Fair Pay Act, Apr. 23, 2008
• Post and Times Call for Senate to Pass Fair Pay Act, Apr. 23, 2008
• The Implications of Graduation, Apr. 22, 2008
• Urgent: Call Your Senators Today!, Apr. 22, 2008
• Everyone's Talking About Fair Pay for Women, Part II, Apr. 18, 2008
• Planning to Retire Ever? Support Fair Pay for Women!, April 18, 2008
• Everyone's Talking About Fair Pay for Women, April 18, 2008
• Today is Blog for Fair Pay Day!, April 18, 2008
• Update on the Fair Pay Act, April 18, 2008
• Pay Equity Bill Advancing in the Senate, April 15, 2008
• Blog for Fair Pay Day, April 02, 2008
• Restoring Order and Fairness to the Workplace, Jan. 24, 2008
• We Owe It to Ms. Ledbetter, Nov. 8, 2007
• The House Made it Right, Will the Senate Follow? , July 31, 2007
• Denying Equal Pay is Not Enough: Goodyear Insists that Lilly Ledbetter Pay Its Court Costs, July 19, 2007
• 18 Cents in 45 Years?, July 13, 2007
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road, Congress Needs More Traction, July 3, 2007
• The Supreme Court Got It Wrong - Can Congress Make It Right?, June 13, 2007
• The Supreme Court Gets It Wrong - Again, May 29, 2007