Brownback, Roberts, Jenkins, Tiahrt and Moran Vote Against Kansas Working Women The entire Republican delegation from Kansas voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which was signed into law today by President Barack Obama. The bill, opposed by every Kansas Republican in congress, ensures that all American working women receive pay equal to that of their male colleagues. “One-hundred and forty-eight years ago today, Kansas was founded on the fundamental values of fairness and hard work. Kansas Republicans have betrayed not only their mothers and daughters, but the very principles on which our state was established,” said Kansas Democratic Party Executive Director Kenny Johnston. “At a time when their fellow Kansans are struggling to feed their families this vote shows that the state’s Republicans in Washington are out of touch with the needs of working Kansans.” Republican Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts voted against final passage of the bill on January 22nd, while Republican Representatives Lynn Jenkins, Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt voted nay on January 27th. The Kansas Republican delegation unanimously opposed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2007, when it was defeated in the Senate and received a veto threat from President Bush. Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore voted in favor of the measure in both instances.