Deal on sex harassment claims in Congress forces lawmakers to pay out of their pockets

NBC ^ | 12/12/18 | Rebecca Shabad, Garrett Haake, Alex Moe and Leigh Ann Caldwell

[GOPJ]

Congressional abusers need to pay taxpayers back. It's NOT our responsibility to payoff the women they abused.

OR

Hand over the names of the abusers who won't pay the money back.

[Baynative]

"Blasey was elevated over decades from legacy member to finally President of the all-male Burning Tree from 2004 to 2006."

The only people who can make this an issue is us!

[caww]

Interesting that the #metoo gang came to a stop when it reached the steps of Congress......

[Vaduz]

Is Congress going to pay back all the tax payer money they used for the slut slush fund?.

[csvset]

2002 , 2007 high water marks for horny DC critters. Release the names. I recall a member if the House introduced a bill to name names. We see how far that idea went, no names named, lol.

[Baynative]

"Is Congress going to pay back all the tax payer money they used for the slut slush fund?"

That question should be asked of every congressional candidate in 2020 along with who has used the fund and who authorizes payments!

[GOPJ]

Interesting that the #metoo gang came to a stop when it reached the steps of Congress...

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

[GOPJ]

LOL - true.

[Vaduz]

Amen

[Liz]

Taxpayers demand:

1) Immediate public disclosure of ALL past cases, accusations, agreements, & settlements.

2) Repayment by the perpetrators for every penny of public funds used spent paying damages and hush money to victims, and for the legal expenses/lawyers who represented the offenders.

3) Ethics hearings and where the evidence indicates guilt of serious sexual misconduct towards staff/others, expulsion of the offenders from Congress.

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[caww]

I’ll add that if these were Republicans we’d have the list of who, what, when, and where on every main Street media site....the fact it’s not being reported tends to lean that likely heavy on the Demorat side of perps.

I also suspect no list will be revealed until they’re out of office.

[caww]

....”I recall a member of the House introduced a bill to name names.”.....

They’re good at introducing bills that never go any further than that. Done so they get political points for nothing..

[caww]

This will die on the vine......Politicians know how to sit on it until the public forgets...... Unless the news keeps it going it’ll fall away.

[caww]

From the ‘other side’ of that coin and having worked in business meetings with CEO’s etc. Once that door is closed if a man is on the prowl he will send many signals to see if you're receptive. As a woman you should and can nip that right in the bud from the get go in 'understandable ways' .....if not understood.....then you leave.

[caww]

I’m going to just say this...if women don’t know how to discourage a mans advances, she should not be in their presence alone.

[GOPJ]

They’re good at introducing bills that never go any further than that. Done so they get political points for nothing...

You've got this whole subject nailed caww.

[sparklite2]

Great idea.

[Ken Regis]

"...she should not be in their presence alone."

A wise man should NEVER be alone with a woman who is not his wife.

The practice protects BOTH of them.

[Vehmgericht]

The serfs are demanding that the nobility shape up. Good luck with that. Has anyone bothered to read the fine print on this legislation? caww came up with a “Settlements/ awards by Fiscal Year.” This is only the tip of an iceberg. The Congressional Office of Compliance reportedly paid out $17 million. This was a joke. There are dozens of ways our betters pay for their pleasures. John Conyers paid a former employee $27,111.74 out of his Member’s Representational Allowance account. Kamala Harris’ aide paid over $400G to settle a harassment claim. Where did that money come from?