#Gorsuch & #NuclearOption; #EqualPayDay with guest host Michele Jawando

Published: April 4, 2017, 6:58 p.m.

Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.

Below are the topics she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.

1. SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch and the Senate Rules Change on Filibusters (Nuclear Option)

Guest 1: Joshua Matz, Publisher, Take Care (www.takecareblog.com)
Tweets: @JoshuaMatz8

Guest 2: Josh Orton, Former senior advisor to Senator Russ Feingold and Senate Judiciary clerk
Tweets: @joshorton

2. Gender Pay Equity and ‘Equal Pay Day’

Guest 1: Joi Chaney, Campaign Manager, Equal Pay Today!, a Project of the Tides Center
Tweets: @joitweets

Guest 2: Angela Hanks, Associate Director, Workforce Development Policy, Economic Policy, Center for American Progress
Tweets: @AngelaHanks

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando. Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.