The new Democratic-led U.S. Senate...overwhelmingly pass[ed] a bill to reverse a 2007 Supreme Court decision that made it tougher to sue for pay discrimination... The legislation is a priority of organized labor, a longtime friend of Democrats, which argues it would give victims of discrimination fair hearings and just compensation... The so-called Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named for an Alabama woman who lost her case [against Goodyear] in the Supreme Court in 2007... The court rejected the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's contention that each new discriminatory paycheck triggers a new 180-day statute of limitations. The...bill would...cover pay discrimination based on gender, race, national origin, religion, age and disabilities.