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In May, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision, in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, that tosses aside prior law and makes it much harder for workers to pursue pay discrimination claims. The court held that a worker must file a charge of pay discrimination within 180 days of the employer's first decision to pay someone less for discriminatory reasons. This bill rectifies the Supreme Court's decision, thereby simply restoring the longstanding interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -- that each paycheck that results from a discriminatory decision is itself a discriminatory act that resets the clock on the 180-day period within which a worker must file.

San Franciscans and football fans across America mourn the loss of one of the sports giants -- Bill Walsh. As the head coach of three Super Bowl winning 49ers teams, Bill Walsh is remembered as a 'The Genius' for his groundbreaking offensive strategy and as the epitome of sportsmanship.

Bill Walsh revolutionized coaching in professional football and was a mentor to several of today's leading NFL head coaches.

On July 10th, the Oversight Committee held a hearing in which Richard Carmona, who resigned as Surgeon General in 2006, gave alarming testimony about what he viewed as political and partisan pressure. During the hearing, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton questioned Richard Carmona on various reports that were censored or quashed, in particular one on Mental Health Preparedness:

Richard Carmona:

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, along with Subcommittee Chairmen Jerrold Nadler and Robert "Bobby" C. Scott, sent the attached letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, following weekend reports that disputes over the NSA's terrorist surveillance program involved "massive electronic databases."

Full text of the letter:

July 30, 2007

BY FAX AND U.S. MAIL

The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales

Attorney General of the United States

U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20530

Dear Mr. Attorney General:

In June the Oversight Committee held a hearing on China, which is hosting the 2008 Olympics, to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur.

"House Democrats are launching a drive this week to roll back years of Republican changes to Medicare, aiming to dramatically scale back federal subsidies to HMOs that cover millions of seniors."