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House votes 357-65 to block release of congressional sexual misconduct and harassment repo

Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:23 am
Posted by okietiger
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:23 am
While we're all arguing over Iran, Israel, etc:



182 Democrats & 175 Republicans voted to block it

Worse?

Congress has apparently paid out $17mil in settlements in these instances. That likely means your tax dollars were used.

We're so f-ed, it's beyond comprehension.

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This post was edited on 3/5/26 at 9:28 am
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:24 am to
Posted by JiminyCricket
Member since Jun 2017
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:30 am to
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. I can't imagine how slimy things are behind the scenes.
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:32 am to
What were Massies and Paul’s votes ?
Temu Obama’s?
Posted by idlewatcher
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:32 am to
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I can't imagine how slimy things are behind the scenes.


Seems like we're about to find out before too long
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:34 am to
What's the plausible argument for this? That a lot of these are likely BS claims that if settled were for de minimus amounts?

I don't really know how it works, but if our money is used for the defense or settlement then we should know. It sucks for those people with fake claims that will have to wade through the optics to explain, but you're a public official.

If it has details of claims settled privately by the personalities involved with confidentiality agreements (not bought by public funds), that could be different.
Posted by Free888
Member since Oct 2019
3095 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:37 am to
quote:

What were Massies and Paul’s votes ?
Temu Obama’s?


Paul is in the Senate, so he didn’t vote on this.
Massie and Khanna voted to release the info.

Temu Obama and Mike Johnson voted to keep it sealed.
Posted by mikeytig
NE of Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2007
7812 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:38 am to
Is Nancy Mace suicidal?
Posted by statman34
Member since Feb 2011
3717 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 9:38 am to
So now we know who is fully corrupted. There should be bait legislation that if you don't vote for it you get ousted from congress. Things like this should be unanimous as yes, unless you are bought and paid for or are a guilty yourself
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
51333 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:12 am to
Was there anything else in the bill that they voted against?
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
10272 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:21 am to
quote:

182 Democrats & 175 Republicans voted to block it



That's false. They voted in favor of directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee's review of violations or alleged violations.

Nancy Mace is actually crazy. People need to stop taking her seriously
This post was edited on 3/5/26 at 10:22 am
Posted by prplngldtigr
just up da bayou from down
Member since Dec 2004
8110 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:28 am to
There is nothing stopping the media from asking congressman nonstop about their “no” vote, but here we are.


For all of you that believe in “distractions”; there are NO distractions with a dishonest media that serves one party’s propaganda demands.

The media lies on top of lies and creates the mirage in the first place and some of you think there are “distractions”. No.
Posted by fwtex
Member since Nov 2019
3350 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:31 am to
The day a check is paid, all details should be released of the accusation and the investigative findings.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:31 am to
curious massie's position on this
Posted by TBPland
League City, TX
Member since Sep 2009
1539 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:32 am to
Much bigger issue than the tainted Epstein files. Nothing happens to the elite class anyway
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
7650 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:33 am to
quote:

That's false. They voted in favor of directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records of the Committee's review of violations or alleged violations.



No, it is not false. They voted to send it to ethics with a non-binding directive to preserve and release the information. Ethics however operates under its own set of rules and can, and will, either ignore it or vote to take no further action on it and the bill will die there. If they hadn't voted to send it to ethics it would have gone to a floor vote. So instead they sent it to ethics to die.
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
7650 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:34 am to
quote:

curious massie's position on this


Massie was a no vote. Which, in this case, was a good thing. He is one of the few who didn't vote to send the bill to die.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
26814 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:37 am to
I would love to see an youtuber ask one of these scumbags why the voted no. And after the scum says "I voted no because" at which point the mic is pulled away and the youtuber steps away from the scum and says "there you have it representative _____ just admitted to voting to conceal from the public which members of congress have had pay outs to people that accused them of sexual harassment"!
Posted by AlterEd
Cydonia, Mars
Member since Dec 2024
7650 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:39 am to
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I would love to see an youtuber ask one of these scumbags why the voted no


The nay votes in this case are the good guys.
Posted by Ostrich
Alexandria, VA
Member since Nov 2011
10272 posts
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:45 am to
quote:

No, it is not false. They voted to send it to ethics with a non-binding directive to preserve and release the information. Ethics however operates under its own set of rules and can, and will, either ignore it or vote to take no further action on it and the bill will die there. If they hadn't voted to send it to ethics it would have gone to a floor vote. So instead they sent it to ethics to die.


That's a lot of words to say that I was correct in that they didn't vote to block it. It got kicked back to the Committee so that the issue can be addressed in a way that doesn't blow up potentially innocent members of Congress, or potentially dox the victims
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