Obama points out that Romney refused to express support for the Lily Ledbetter Act.
"It makes a lot of sense to have traffic information e-mailed to my car, " Ledbetter says.
Lilly Ledbetter is a name that is now synonymous with the fight for equal pay in the workforce.
Built by the late casino executive and philanthropist William Ledbetter, the 9, 168-square-foot home is set on 2.73 acres.
James, equal pay advocate Lilly Ledbetter and Blake Jones, the co-founder and president of a solar electric company.
In the days before the election, Lilly Ledbetter appeared at a Hagan event.
"Lilly Ledbetter has come to symbolize so much to women, " NOW's Gandy said.
No offense to Lilly Ledbetter, but how many people can personally point to this law helping them make more money?
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Ledbetter initially won a big jury award, but appeals from both sides eventually took the case to the highest court.
Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- a bill that is not just for women.
Judge Miller specifically cited the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Ledbetter v.
The changes will be in how people get their news rather than in what that news actually is, says media critic James Ledbetter.
What happened was that the Supreme Court rejected a claim of paid discrimination by a woman, Lilly Ledbetter, because the claim was not filed on time.
The very first thing he did as President -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.
Dr. ANDERSON: Well, the reason they're doing that is largely related to the Ledbetter case, which was handed down in this current term with the Supreme Court.
We now have the Civil Rights Act, and in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, signed into law by President Obama, against pay discrimination.
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As expected, Mr. Obama went immediately to the Lilly Ledbetter equal pay bill for women, the very first bill he signed into law upon taking office.
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Ledbetter says that while the growth of blogs has had an important impact on journalism, he still wouldn't rank it as the most important development of the last five years.
Signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was one of his first acts as President and he has continued to call for additional legislation to equalize pay in the workplace.
The Administration has looked at issues from workplace flexibility to wage inequality, and taken action by passing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and supporting the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act.
And in 1997, in the second term, the White House directed us to start a major initiative on pay discrimination to deal with the very kind of situation that was raised in the Ledbetter case.
In a sign of the sensitivity of the issue, Carney repeatedly emphasized Obama's policies on women, such as making the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act the first piece of legislation he signed into law.
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Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act into law at the beginning of his last term, but the gap has actually widened a bit since then while complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fell.
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"It's one of the painful ironies of business cycles that at high economic points, companies are often willing to overspend just to ensure they remain in the game, " said editor-in-chief James Ledbetter in a valedictory editorial.
Which is why the first bill I signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Act -- Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- to make it easier for women to demand fairness -- equal pay for equal work.
He has declined to state whether he would have supported the Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act, a bill to make challenging unequal pay easier for women, which passed the senate 61-36, but his running mate voted against it.
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That is why my Administration has made the needs of women and girls a priority since day one -- from signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to helping ensure women are represented among tomorrow's top scientists and engineers.
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