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WASHINGTON – Stung by an embarrassing electronic leak last month revealing ethics investigations into dozens of lawmakers, Congress moved Tuesday to prohibit federal employees from using the same type of Internet file-sharing software blamed for the disclosure.

The Secure Federal File Sharing Act, introduced in the House, would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing or using so-called peer-to-peer file sharing software such as Limewire without official approval. The bill also would require the White House to develop rules for employees and contractors working on home or personal computers.

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WASHINGTON – A congressional committee issued a subpoena Tuesday for the top executive of a small company that allegedly shipped the tainted peanut products responsible for a national salmonella outbreak.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to compel Peanut Corp. of America President Stewart Parnell to appear at a hearing Wednesday, as a wide-ranging investigation focuses on who was responsible for an outbreak that has sickened at least 600 people and may have contributed to eight deaths.

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(AP) Economic stimulus legislation at the heart of President Barack Obama’s recovery plan advanced in Congress Thursday over the persistent opposition of Republicans seeking deeper tax cuts than the administration and its Democratic allies favor.

“We are very pleased with the progress,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after $275 billion in tax cuts cleared the House Ways and Means Committee on a party-line vote of 24-13. Democratic leaders have promised the measure will be ready for Obama’s signature by mid-February.

“It will create jobs immediately, and it will also lay the foundation for economic stability as we go forward,” Pelosi added.

Equal pay for equal work is good. But when everyone gets a cost of living increase in mim. wage and they forget about the people that have worked for raises , they do not get a cost of living raise. I used to make about $2.00 over mim. wage and worked very hard for it. But now I make 20 cents and the owners don’t care only that they make more money. and forget about the twelve years I put in doing a good job. All they can now think about in what labor cost. I am in the food industry and I know they have to make a profit, but quit working us with less people trying to do the same job. They will not give an inch. That is why I have been trying a lot of things just to get out of this job. There are maybe some people in the same place as I am, it would be nice if the employer thought of their employees. Hard times everyone is having them and then you have a lot of people only thinking of number one.

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Who benefits if the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act passes?
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Congress may make history this week during debates in the Senate. The House passed both the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 11) and the Paycheck Fairness Act (HR12) on Jan. 9, and the Senate voted to advance the Ledbetter bill (S. 181) by a vote of 72-23, with 18 Republicans voting yes.

What is it all about? It’s about the money that families have to spend in their households to make ends meet.

When a working woman, mom, wife, single mom, aunt or grandmother pulls out cash to buy a meal, tires for the car or pay the electric bill, they’d like to believe that their pay is the same as the guy doing the same job in the next cubicle.

And those women’s husbands, partners and friends would like to believe the same thing.

I once wrote a column about fair pay for women and was gratified by the many men who wrote in that they wanted the women in their lives to make equal pay – because it’s good for the whole family.