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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:55:22 -0500 (CDT)



  rich:   

Below is a message Kim Gandy asked me to forward to you ASAP!  

-- Sarah  

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Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry 

Hi Sarah,  

Please send this message ASAP to our best supporters. We will need
their help to break through the next level on this. 

I'm standing right now with the amazing Lilly Ledbetter, 
outside of the U.S. Senate chambers, where we
have been "buttonholing" senators going in for the vote on the
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and are awaiting the results of the roll-call
vote. 

I'm writing a message below for you to forward on as soon as I know
the final results.  

Thanks, Kim  

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Message from Kim Gandy  

To NOW friends and supporters  

Dear Friends,  

It's not good news.  

Right now the Republicans are filibustering to prevent a vote on the
Fair Pay Act that I've been writing to you about.  

It's hard to believe, but today, in spite of tens of thousands of
emails and phone calls sent by people like you, a minority of the U.S.
Senate could block this bill restoring equal pay for women.  

There's nothing new in this bill. The Fair Pay Act just gives women
back the rights that the Supreme Court took away last May. Simple,
right? Yet even as I am writing this, those who oppose women's rights
are filibustering against the Fair Pay Act, bringing Senate action to
a halt.  

And it looks like supporters of the bill will not have the
supermajority needed to end the debate. Good grief. We just lost by
only 3 votes. But Sen. Harry Reid has signaled that he WILL bring this
up again, as soon as we win 3 more votes. So I need your help.  

It's been nearly a year since the House passed this bill, and we
clearly have a long fight ahead.  

Please consider a monthly gift[1] to support NOW's work for equal pay.
We are already organizing all over the country, registering and
educating voters, in the hope of sending more women's rights
supporters to Congress.  

If you feel you can't commit to a monthly gift today please consider
the most generous one-time gift[2] you can afford. We'll put your
contribution to work immediately. We fell only 3 votes short of the 60
votes needed to stop the Republican filibuster.  

Please consider what you can do to help us launch an all-out campaign
to win those last 3 votes. I look forward to hearing from you soon. 

For equality,  

Kim  

P.S. Tomorrow I'll send you a message so you can see how your senators
voted and send them an email -- thanking our friends and letting those
who voted against fair pay know that you will remember in November.  

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