The U.S. Soccer Federation has hired two Washington lobbying firms to argue that the women's national team is not being underpaid — contradicting prominent Democrats who argue they should earn the same amount as the men's team
that statistic when they introduced legislation last month requiring U.S. Soccer to pay the men’s and women’s teams equally.disputed there’s a pay gap, responded by bringing on two lobbying firms, FBB Federal Relations and Van Ness Feldman, to help convince lawmakers that the women’s claims aren’t accurate.
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poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201907/3783/1155968404_6057638448001_6057634341001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"Lydia Wahlke, U.S. Soccer’s general counsel; two lobbyists and a lawyer retained by U.S. Soccer met last week with staffers for Sen. Patty Murray , Rep. Rosa DeLauro and Feinstein, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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