Senate Bill Proposes Equal Pay for U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

By Carmen F. Francella III and Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis   A bill to prevent any federal funding for the 2026 men’s World Cup until the U.S. Soccer Federation agrees to provide equal pay to the U.S. women’s and men’s national teams was introduced by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on July 9, 2019. Manchin’s bill came just a few days after the U.S. women’s team swept its way to a second straight World Cup championship with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands.   The bill