white house council on women and girls. i can't believe that this is even an issue today and that this is a problem. they then passed the lily ledbetter act. they have been slowly trying very hard to crack the code on this. and i have to tell you, they have credibility. they have history on their side. the white house has a record on their side. i don't know anyone who could say this is pure politics. of course, everything is political. but not pure. they have started from the get go, this presidency has been working on this and republicans just want to say no. >> i think the obama people believe what they are trying to do here. the timing of the vote is pure politics. what's going to happen is about three, four months from now, there's going to be ads showing all these guys and all these senate races around the country which are much closer than anybody expected that they voted against equal pay for women. it's a crusher. the most influential voting