WASHINGTON - The House voted Tuesday to reverse the Supreme Court's decision limiting the time that workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination.
The Bush administration has threatened to veto the legislation, pushed almost entirely by Democrats.
The House voted 225-199 to effectively remove the statute of limitations for pay discrimination lawsuits for longtime company employees, repudiating a decision by the high court's five most conservative justices.
"Discrimination has no place in our law, no place in our hearts and no place because of technicalities," said Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on May 29 to throw out …
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