The days leading up to the Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 17
brought a Romney campaign flub and a repeal of Wisconsin’s equal
pay law. Two prominent Republicans spotlighted the negative
headwinds for women’s pay parity, just days before the annual
observation of Equal Pay Day on April. 17. Mitt Romney’s aides,
meanwhile, had to tell a reporter , “We’ll get back to you on
that” on April 11 when asked about the candidate’s stance on the
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act , which clarifies that the six-
month statute of limitations in pay discrimination cases begins
with the most recent discriminatory paycheck. It was the first
bill that President Obama signed into law. The Romney campaign
clarified later on April 11 that he “is not looking to change
current law.” But it still left the candidate looking out of
touch. Equal Pay Day has been celebrated on April 17 to mark the
date when women’s earnings -- about 77 percent of men's earnings
in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau -- catch up with
those of a man in t