Posted on 12/28/2024 1:03:17 AM PST by Libloather
Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene called on Congress Thursday to release the names of current and former members on a secret list of lawmakers that have used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims.
“Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle charges of harassment (sexual and other forms) in Congressional offices,” Massie (R-Ky.) wrote on X.
“Don’t you think we should release the names of the Representatives? I do,” he added.
Massie’s suggestion was quickly endorsed by Greene (R-Ga.).
“Yes. I want to release the congressional sexual slush fund list,” the congresswoman wrote on X.
“Taxpayers should have never had to pay for that. Along with all the other garbage they should not have to pay for,” she argued.
Since 1997, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights has paid out more than $17 million in public money to settle nearly 300 cases of workplace disputes at the US Capitol – including claims related to sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and pay disputes.
The obscure office does not release the identities of those have reached settlements and does not break down how much of the money disbursed over the last 27 years is specifically related to sexual harassment claims.
The office told Politico in 2017 that “a large portion of cases” it resolves involve workers not employed in the House or Senate, such as Library of Congress, Capitol Police and Architect of the Capitol employees.
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This statement should clarify just exactly who controls the House of Representatives... has run it for some decades. Speaker Mike Johnson is a puppet. He could have stoped the Ethics Committee release of the bogus Matt Gaetz Report.
This is classic The Swamp vs everybody else.
We need to win this one.
No excuses.
Sure sounds like the Congressional Post Office.
How many more are out there?
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
ONLY the Treasury Dept can disperse funds, and that is under the control of the Executive branch. President Trump can release the Payments on Day One.
“This has been talked about here on FR since I came here 20 years ago”
Thank you - Same thot here - pops up and then slowly fades away - several times and could be even over 20 years if my memory is still functioning accurately.
The Office of Compliance which handles the $ was founded by Congress in 1995.
Congress, if you are willing to air Gaetzs’ dirty laundry, let’s see everyone’s!
Any sexual harassment claims sounds like a personal matter to me & no tax funds should be involved in any way. That seems like a fair way to approach the problem as it should be a strictly personal problem.
I’m wondering what you have to do to access those $17 million congressional sexual harassment slush fund claims.
When an employer pays for an employee’s expenses from sexual harassment claims, the employer wants to avoid a civil suit against them for the employer not punishing the harasser. Is that why Congress makes those payments?
Congress should expell members and employees for sexual harassment and let them defend themself, on their own dime, against the claims.
Probably need 100 special elections
Odds are Linda is on the list ... with male staff.
Linda would be so perfect.
You can be sure the defense contractor lobbyists have amazing blackmail files on the guy.
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