Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
S . Roo vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 52, the nays are 39. The nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomination. The Clerk Department of state, John Joseph Sullivan of maryland to be ambassador of the United States of america to the russian federation. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . Seeing none, the ayes are 70, the nays are 22, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the next nomination.
it s monday 12th june. mps who have been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about covid lockdown parties are meeting today to conclude their inquiry. mrjohnson has already seen a copy of their report and he resigned as an mp on friday describing the common s privileges committee as a kangaroo court. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. this is what the privileges committee has been looking into. borisjohnson attending pandemic parties. at one he broke the law and was fined. did he lie to parliament? will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? prime minister. mr speaker, no, but i m sure that whatever happened, the guidance was followed and the rules were followed at all times. for almost exactly a year, the seven mps on the privileges committee, a majority of whom are conservatives, have been investigating his conduct. last week, they sent him notice of the findings. certain t
yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far and we will see more hot sunny weather across united kingdom and again the risk of heavy and thundery downpours and we will have all the details throughout the programme. it s sunday the 11th ofjune. our main story: manchester city s long awaited mission to win the champions league ended in victory last night after they beat inter milan 1-0. it means the team are bringing home the historic treble, lifting all three major trophies in one season. john is in istanbul for us this morning. john, what a night! good morning. what a night indeed! yes, this is the first european cup for manchester city in their 143 year history and long time coming but at long last they can call themselves the kings of europe. the players are still celebrating inside the team hotel in istanbul this morning. what a long night it was, notjust for the morning. what a long night it was, not just for the supporters morning. what a long night it was, notjust