REPORTER: ‘Mark My Words, The House is Going To Be Rocked in The Coming 72 Hours’

Here’s hoping they are all Democrats or Deep State Republicans.

Have any Dem offenders actually left the building or is all that just meaningless baying at the moon ?

“Barack Obama’s Kenyan birth certificate exposed”

It was, and the fake one he released was categorically proven to be false, just nobody took any notice.

We need Laz in congress. No woman would ever accuse him of harassment. Heck, they’d be bragging on social media and to all their friends and family that they’d been “hit” by the great Lazamataz. Shouting it from the rooftops, I tell ya.

Dem Rep. Kihuen won’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment claims:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/16/dem-rep-kihuen-wont-seek-re-election-amid-sexual-harassment-claims.html

12/15 POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/15/congress-harassment-claims-house-office-297734

Meredith McGehee, executive director at the government watchdog group Issue One advocated for the creation of the Office of Compliance, which oversees employee complaints, in the 1990s, said she was not aware the Office of House Employment Counsel was involved in sexual harassment or other similarly delicate disputes.

However, the Office of House Employment Counsel appears to have played a role in other delicate staff-related issues in addition to the one involving Farenthold’s office. The Washington Times recently reported that Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva consulted the office on handling a dispute involving an employee who eventually accepted a $48,000 severance package, though Grijalva did not specify the nature of the complaint.

“On the advice of House Employment Counsel, I provided a severance package to a former employee who resigned,” Grijalva told the newspaper. “The severance did not involve the Office of Compliance and at no time was any allegation of sexual harassment made, and no sexual harassment occurred.”

The office’s investigation into Farenthold’s chief of staff came only a year after the member himself had been accused himself of sexual harassment in a lawsuit and investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics. It is unclear whether any details of the workplace investigation in 2016 were shared with other investigative bodies such as the ethics office or the House Ethics Committee. House leaders and the Office of House Employment Counsel declined to say whether the counsel shares information with other investigative bodies.

Citing attorney-client privilege, the Office of House Employment Counsel also declined to answer questions from POLITICO on how many investigations it helped facilitate and pay for in recent years, how much money it has paid to outside firms, and which law firms conducted the investigations.

“As needed, OHEC may arrange for an independent firm to conduct investigations of an office so that a determination can be made whether there is a need for the office to take appropriate corrective actions,” a House Office of Employment Counsel spokesperson said in an email.

Spokespeople for both House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi disclaimed any knowledge of the counsel office’s investigations or policies.

“We have no independent knowledge of how or in what way OHEC/independent investigation was used or conducted,” Ryan spokesperson AshLee Strong said in an email.

The Office of House Employment Counsel appears to have played a role in delicate staff-related issues. The Washington Times recently reported that Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva consulted the office on handling a dispute involving an employee who eventually accepted a $48,000 severance package, though Grijalva did not specify the nature of the complaint.

“On the advice of House Employment Counsel, I provided a severance package to a former employee who resigned,” Grijalva told the newspaper. “The severance did not involve the Office of Compliance and at no time was any allegation of sexual harassment made, and no sexual harassment occurred.”

The office’s investigation into Farenthold’s chief of staff came only a year after the member himself had been accused himself of sexual harassment in a lawsuit and investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics. It is unclear whether any details of the workplace investigation in 2016 were shared with other investigative bodies such as the ethics office or the House Ethics Committee. House leaders and the Office of House Employment Counsel declined to say whether the counsel shares information with other investigative bodies.

Citing attorney-client privilege, the Office of House Employment Counsel also declined to answer questions from POLITICO on how many investigations it helped facilitate and pay for in recent years, how much money it has paid to outside firms, and which law firms conducted the investigations.

“As needed, OHEC may arrange for an independent firm to conduct investigations of an office so that a determination can be made whether there is a need for the office to take appropriate corrective actions,” a House Office of Employment Counsel spokesperson said in an email.

Spokespeople for both House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi disclaimed any knowledge of the counsel office’s investigations or policies.

“We have no independent knowledge of how or in what way OHEC/independent investigation was used or conducted,” Ryan spokesperson AshLee Strong said in an email.

The Office of House Employment Counsel operates under the auspices of the House clerk’s office and advises members on employment practices. It also facilitates investigations into employee complaints, a spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO. But what happens afterward is murky: The office appears to serve House members and their offices — not necessarily the employees — and makes no public accounting of its determinations or its expenditures.

A spokesperson for the office declined to say how many sexual harassment complaints or other investigations it’s handled in recent years, citing attorney-client privilege. It also declined to reveal the firms that it hired or the amount paid to them. In addition, both Democratic and Republican House leadership offices declined to answer questions about the internal investigations.

The revelation that there is a separate office facilitating and paying for sexual harassment investigations, with little transparency and apparently little oversight, rankled critics of Congress’ handling of sexual harassment, who said that without established procedures and a commitment to transparency, the office may be playing more of a role covering up offenses than revealing them.

If you are aware of all the various version of the very sick joke called “The Aristocrats” that floats around professional comedians, it pales in comparison to real-life depravity of Washington DC.

Web site
https://www.compliance.gov/about-ooc/our-pledge

OUR PLEDGE
We appreciate that workplace rights issues can be stressful to deal with, difficult to manage, and challenging to understand. So when someone calls to speak to our counselors about a sensitive workplace issue, we are committed to providing prompt, courteous, and responsive information to help them better understand their rights and responsibilities. All counseling calls with the OOC are strictly confidential.

When we inspect properties to determine compliance with safety and health and disability access, we are committed to working with employing offices to help them understand the law and to provide the information necessary to cure any potential violations.

Finally, we strongly believe that understanding the laws incorporated in the Congressional Accountability Act is the best way to prevent workplace conflict, and as such, we are committed to being a vital, educational resource for Congressional Members, employing offices, and legislative branch employees through our publications and training programs.

The Office of Compliance is part of the legislative branch and is therefore not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

OOC’s Organizational Structure
The OOC has a five-member, non-partisan Board of Directors and four executive staff, appointed by the Board, who carry out the day-to-day functions of the Agency. The Office also employs an experienced professional staff on Capitol Hill who educate, communicate, inspect, litigate, and otherwise run its operations.

About the Office of Compliance
The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) protects over 30,000 employees of the legislative branch nationwide and establishes the Office of Compliance (OOC) to administer and ensure the integrity of the Act through its programs of dispute resolution, education, and enforcement. The OOC assists members of Congress, employing offices and employees, and visiting public in understanding their rights and responsibilities under the workplace and accessibility laws. The OOC advises Congress on needed changes and amendments to the CAA; and the OOC’s General Counsel has independent investigatory and enforcement authority for certain violations of the CAA.

OOC’s Organizational Structure
The OOC has a five-member, non-partisan Board of Directors and four executive staff, appointed by the Board, who carry out the day-to-day functions of the Agency. The Office also employs an experienced professional staff on Capitol Hill who educate, communicate, inspect, litigate, and otherwise run its operations.

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Report: Taxpayers Forked Out $220,000 To Settle Sex Harassment Suit Against Florida Democrat Alcee Hastings
It’s the second known instance of a lawmaker using taxpayer dollars to quiet misconduct allegations.

By Mary Papenfuss, Huff/Post

Taxpayer funds to the tune of $220,000 were used to settle a lawsuit charging Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) with sexual harassment, Roll Call has reported.

Hastings was accused of touching, making unwanted sexual advances and threatening the job of a female staffer on a congressional international human rights commission he chaired, according to documents obtained by Roll Call.
Hastings called the accusations against him “ludicrous” and told Roll Call that he had no knowledge of the 2014 settlement with staffer Winsome Packer, which he said was handled by the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment.

Funds were paid out by the Treasury Department

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Hastings told Roll Call he was “outraged” that the money was “needlessly paid to Ms. Packer.”

It’s the second reported instance of taxpayer money being being used to settle a sexual harassment claim against a congressman. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) used $84,000 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by his former spokeswoman in 2014, The New York Times reported. The funds reportedly came from an Office of Compliance account.

House Administration Committee Chairman Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) told GOP lawmakers that there was only a single case of those particular funds being used to settle a sex harassment suit. The House Committee on Ethics voted Thursday to investigate Farenthold over the payout.
It’s not clear why Hastings’ settlement was not included in a record of such payouts over the last five years released in November by the Office of Compliance. The Farenthold payment was included. It’s possible that funds from another taxpayer source were used in the Hastings case.

Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) has called for Farenthold to resign. “I don’t think he thinks he’s done anything wrong,” Love told CNN on Thursday. “But the fact is, someone was paid off. It’s taxpayer dollars that [were] used. This is about people taking responsibility for what they do and changing the culture in Washington.”

Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) also said in a statement that Farenthold should step aside and reimburse the taxpayer money. On Friday, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) also called for Farenthold’s resignation.

Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) have resigned in the wake of sexual harassment accustions. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) also announced he will be resigning “in the coming weeks.”

“Dem Rep. Kihuen won’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment claims:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/16/dem-rep-kihuen-wont-seek-re-election-amid-sexual-harassment-claims.html";

Another rabbit from the so-called hat of Bullwinkle.

why no senators?

Another rabbit from the so-called hat of Bullwinkle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRW7pITY5Cg

Boomedy - Boom/Boom!

I ran across this little gem on Youtube a couple months ago so I thought I would share. I saw SRV on this same tour about 4 months later at the Omaha Music Hall (which no longer exists) a small theater that held about 4k that had amazing acoustics. It was first come first serve on seating so my friends and I got there early and snagged seats in the third row behind the orchestra pit directly in the middle in front of SRV. I had only gotten into SRV in the few months previously and had just purchased his 3 records. My buddy who had seen him previously that I went with told me “you are not gonna believe what you are about to see” I think my jaw was on the floor from the time he walked on stage until the end of “Aint Gone and Gave Up on Love”. I felt like my hair was blown back. This is young Stevie in 1985 in all of his cocaine and Crown Royal sweating glory. This particular show is in my top 5 favorites of over 60 concerts that I have seen over the years. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOYoM1mEL0Q&t=386s

Really ???
I missed that story.

Where do I find it?

"BOOM! And so it begins"

WOW!

I can hardly wait to read this BOMBSHELL! report to find out what happens next...!

If there’s 50 democrats and one Republican indicted, expect the media to focus on the Republican.

We are expecting our taxpayer money back!!!

We have yet to see the same sex harassment outed.