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.
Round san jose down through saratoga. Temps in the upper 40s to low 50s right now. Scattered showers as we head to the afternoon. Lets check in for that massive morning commute. It is already starting. Weve got a spot as you work your way through livermore weston 580. A new accident on 880 as well. A live look 880. Were starting to see a few brake lights over all as you work through the southbound side into hayward. This portion near the colosseum doing ok but not a bear we have a crash at the 980 connector and it looks like it is reported as a traffic collision our possible spin out. One vehicle did hit the right shoulder while. There some activity in the right lane as well as a center divide. Chb is headed to the scene. Taking a look at traffic along 580, it is slow. 45 minutes already from 205 to 680. We have a crash westbound right at livermore and that is causing a bit of a backup. They may have pushed it to the right shoulder because we just went from red to yellow which means th
Deep into the german culture of looking at stereotypes quite a bit here think you see the country that i know not the time. You dont seem to think for those gramma down you go its all about their new im rachel joins me from the german sunday w. Post. Oil markets are in turmoil after the 2 tankers were attacked close to the strait of hormuz soaking fears of growing risk around a vital shipping lane for Global Oil Supply is. Also on the show a pivot away from fossil fuels could see norways sauber in wealth fund dropping big names from its portfolio. And we tell you why turkey still takes Plastic Waste imports at a time where other countries are rejecting the. This is d. W. Business. And in berlin welcome we start with the latest escalations in the strait of hormuz where 2 oil tankers were attacked earlier on thursday or Oil Prices Spiked in the aftermath with brant crude hitting over 62. 00 a barrel immediately after news of the incident broke the strait of hormuz as one of the worlds mo
Imports at a time where other countries are rejecting them. This is v. W. Business im joined on in berlin welcome we start with the latest escalations in the straits of hormuz where 2 oil tankers were attacked earlier on thursday or Oil Prices Spiked in the aftermath with brant crude hitting over 62. 00 a barrel immediately after news of the incident broke the strait of hormuz as one of the worlds most strategically important choke points along the coast of iran almost a 3rd of all liquefied natural gas and almost 20 percent of Global Oil Production has to squeeze through here to exit the persian gulf and get out into the world. Our markets correspondent joins us now good to see the end whats been the reaction there to these attacks on wall street. Initially we saw the oil prices popping by about 3 and a half per cent but then by the end of the session we settled at around. 2 per cent and that after oil prices dropped by a good 20 percent in the month in may so at this point actually d