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Workers now cannot sue over pay discrimination if they discover it six months after the fact, following a Supreme Court decision last year. Congress wants to lift that restriction, but the White House says it will veto the bill. We'll look at the state of equal pay today and limits on the right to sue.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director, Center for Employment Policy at the Hudson Institute
Marcia Greenberger, founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center
Marlene Kim, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston
Lori Montgomery, reporter for "The Washington Post"
In the last twelve years, Michael Kinsley moved from the nation's capital to Seattle, started the Internet magazine "Slate," got married, and had brain surgery. Now a full-time columnist for "Time," he talks about having Parkinson's disease, the current political scene, and the future of journalism.
Michael Kinsley, columnist for "Time" magazine, past editor of "The New Republic" and "Harpers," editorial and opinion editor of "The Los Angeles Times," American editor of the "Economist," and founding editor of "Slate."