The United States Senate has passed a resolution introduced by Senator Patty Murray from Washington to "immediately eliminate gender pay inequity and treat all athletes with the same respect and dignity."
Murray introduced the legislation in May and it passed today according to the Huffington Post.
The resolution cites increased participation of girls in soccer, USSF's work to improve the game, the WNT's numerous titles, and the historical and continuing trend of unequal pay on the basis of gender in the United States, not just in sports.
This is a simple or nonbinding resolution, which "are used to express nonbinding positions of the Senate or to deal with the Senate's internal affairs, such as the creation of a special committee.