,,ii #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dgaj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,september #bd1 #bjbj,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,udall1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,carper1 and ,mrs4 ,feinstein7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,rules and ,administration ,a ,,bill ,to obtain and direct the placement in the ,capitol or on the ,capitol ,grounds of a monument to honor ,associate ,justice of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg4 #a4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg was born in #aicc in ,brooklyn1 ,new ,york1 and grew up in a low-income1 working-class neighborhood4 7#b7 ,ginsburg graduated from ,cornell ,university in #aied1 finishing first in her class4 7#c7 ,ginsburg enrolled at ,harvard ,law ,school in #aief1 entering into a class of #eeb men and only #h other women4 7#d7 ,as a law student1 ,ginsburg became the first female member of the prestigious legal journal1 the ,harvard ,law ,review4 ,she also cared for her husband1 ,martin ,ginsburg1 who had been diagnosed with cancer1 and their young daughter4 7#e7 ,ginsburg finished her legal education at ,columbia ,law ,school1 where she graduated first in her class in #aiei4 7#f7 ,ginsburg taught at ,rutgers ,university ,law ,school from #aifc to #aigb and at ,columbia ,law ,school from #aigb to #aihj1 where she became the school's first female tenured professor4 7#g7 ,during the #aigjs1 ,ginsburg served as the director of the ,women's ,rights ,project of the ,american ,civil ,liberties ,union4 ,in this position1 she led the fight against gender discrimination and successfully argued #f landmark cases before the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states 7in this section referred to as the ,supreme ,court74 7#h7 ,ginsburg won #e cases on gender discrimination before the ,supreme ,court1 including the case ,weinberger v4 ,wiesenfeld1 which involved a portion of the ,social ,security ,act that favored women over men1 because the ,act granted certain benefits to widows1 but not widowers4 7#i7 ,in #aihj1 ,president ,jimmy ,carter appointed ,ginsburg to the ,united ,states ,court of ,appeals for the ,district of ,columbia ,circuit4 7#aj7 ,in #aiic1 ,president ,bill ,clinton appointed ,ginsburg to the ,supreme ,court to fill the seat vacated by ,associate ,justice ,byron ,white4 7#aa7 ,on ,august #c1 #aiic1 the ,senate confirmed ,ginsburg's nomination to the ,supreme ,court by a #if to #c vote4 7#ab7 ,ginsburg became the second female justice to serve on the ,supreme ,court as well as the first ,jewish female justice to serve on the ,supreme ,court4 7#ac7 ,as a justice1 ,ginsburg presented a strong voice in favor of gender equality1 voting rights1 the rights of workers1 and the separation of church and state4 7#ad7 ,in #aiif1 ,ginsburg wrote the ,supreme ,court's landmark decision in ,united ,states v4 ,virginia1 which held that the ,state-supported ,virginia ,military ,institute could not refuse to admit women4 7#ae7 ,despite her reputation for restrained writing1 ,ginsburg gathered considerable attention for her dissenting opinion in ,bush v4 ,gore by subtly concluding her decision with the words1 ,i dissent1 a significant departure from the traditional respectfully dissent4 7#af7 ,ginsburg famously dissented in ,ledbetter v4 ,goodyear ,tire ,rubber ,co41 where the plaintiff1 a female worker being paid significantly less than males with her same qualifications1 sued under title ,,vii of the ,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq471 but was denied relief under a statute of limitation issue4 ,ginsburg broke with tradition and wrote a high colloquial version of her dissent to read from the bench4 ,in her dissent1 she also called for ,congress to undo this improper interpretation of the law4 7#ag7 ,following her dissent in ,ledbetter v4 ,goodyear ,tire ,rubber ,co41 ,ginsburg worked with ,president ,barack ,obama to pass the first piece of legislation he signed1 the ,lilly ,ledbetter ,fair ,pay ,act of #bjji 7,public ,law #aaa-b2 #abc ,stat4 #e74 7#ah7 ,in #bjac1 when the ,supreme ,court ruled in a #e-d decision in ,shelby ,county v4 ,holder to gut the ,voting ,rights ,act of #aife 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcja et seq471 ,ginsburg wrote1 ,throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet44 7#ai7 ,until the #bjah term1 ,ginsburg had not missed a day of oral arguments1 not even when she was undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer1 after surgery for colon cancer1 or the day after her husband passed away in #bjaj4 #b4 ,monument honoring ,justice ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg 7a7 ,obtaining of monument 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #b years after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and in consultation with the ,committee on ,house ,administration of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,rules and ,administration of the ,senate1 the ,joint ,committee on the ,library shall enter into an agreement to obtain a monument honoring ,associate ,justice of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states ,ruth ,bader ,ginsburg under such terms and conditions as the ,joint ,committee considers appropriate1 consistent with applicable law4 7#b7 ,consideration ,in selecting an artist to make the monument obtained under paragraph 7#a71 the ,joint ,committee on the ,library shall make the announcement available to and consider artists from underrepresented demographic groups4 7b7 ,installation ,the ,architect of the ,capitol1 under the direction of the ,joint ,committee on the ,library1 shall permanently install the monument obtained under subsection 7a7 in a prominent location in the ,capitol or on the ,capitol ,grounds1 as described in section #eajb of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code4 7c7 ,authorization of appropriations ,there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this ,act4 ,amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended4