Politics / pay discrimination Equal Pay Bill Blocked in Senate Clinton and Obama declare truce to back bill stomped by GOP By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff Posted Apr 24, 2008 3:34 AM CDT Copied Barack Obama, speaks with Lilly Ledbetter, on Capitol Hill. Both Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, left the campaign trail to voteon the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, named after Lilly Ledbetter. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama interrupted their rival campaigns yesterday to vote together on a bill that would make it easier for women to sue employers for pay discrimination. But their moment of unity proved fruitless as Senate Republicans blocked the bill, likely killing it for the rest of the year, reports Reuters. story continues belowNFL Star Rob Gronkowski Loves These ShoesShoes Much More Comfortable Than Traditional Dress Shoes. Italian Leather and Running Shoe Technology Providing First Class Comfort All Day Long.Wolf & ShepherdLearn MoreUndoHow To Wear Cowboy Boots and Jeans for MenAriat Learn MoreUndoAverage IQ is 100. What's Yours? Answer 20 multiple choice questions to find out.Avg IQ is 100. Find our your score in less than 10 minutes! Taken by over 1M users so far. 76,162 users tested today.Free IQ TestClick HereUndo The impetus for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was a 5-4 decision by the US Supreme Court that a lawsuit for pay discrimination must be filed within six months of the first alleged offense—which could be long before an employee discovers she has been a victim of discrimination. The bill would have lifted those restrictions. (More pay discrimination stories.) Report an error