Congress' $15 million in "hush fund" settlement payments

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This is taxpayer money. We the taxpayers need to know who was accused, what were the accusations, how much was paid out to each accuser, and when.

And every member of Congress accused of sexual harassment needs to be investigated, as does the creation and administration of this hush fund. No exceptions.

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This is mind blowing to me.

per Commentator Dennis G. Hurst and per Monika Showalter of The American Thinker:

Let me digress for a moment and bring you the details of this slush fund, from thread commenter ‘D’rango’, a former lawyer: “There have been TWO-HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE awards and settlements paid out of that slush fund, according to the congressional Office of Compliance. Think we’ll ever find out who the abusers were? Keep dreaming. The whole place is corrupt.” (DGH aside – three that immediately come to mind are Ted Kennedy, Chris Dodd, and Anthony Weiner!)
“The slush-fund law was put in place in 1995. Senator Grassley sponsored it. One of the driving forces at the time was all the controversies involving the sexual predations of Sen. Robert Packwood, a real sleazebag. The law is called the Congressional Accountability Act and it can be found at 2 U.S.C. 1301, et seq., as amended.”
“I’ve read the entire law (I’m a retired lawyer). It’s truly incredible. The law specifically protects Congress from ANY negative effects of committing sexual harassment. Everything is totally secret. The first step a sexual harassment victim has to go through is 30 DAYS OF COUNSELING.”
“Then they have to go through mediation. They bring the entire force of the government down on these victims, shaming them the entire way, forcing them to keep quiet, forcing them to settle for a pittance of the value they’ve lost as abused human beings. Section 1415 of the slush-fund law is the one that contains details of the funding for the settlements of sexual harassment claims. It says: “… only funds which are appropriated to an account of the Office in the Treasury of the United States for the payment of awards and settlements may be used for the payment of awards and settlements under this chapter. THERE ARE [HEREBY] APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH ACCOUNT SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO PAY SUCH AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS (emphasis added).”[end]

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This is taxpayer money. We the taxpayers need to know who was accused, what were the accusations, how much was paid out to each accuser, and when.

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Name and shame

Grounds for removal if true.

More on hush fund

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Wish more of your kind thought this way

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My point was I believe it would hurt republicans more

Don’t you dare talk about lowering taxes though you racist, brown people hater!

ETA: this is why there should be constant pressure to lower taxes. It should be so stressful that we have a couple members drop with ulcers or heart problems every year. But no, everyone just relax, make a few statements to the media in favor or against and meet for steaks and scotch on the way home.
DRAIN THE MF SWAMP

We are so damn stupid for tolerating this shite.

We should be marching with damn pitchforks with the shite we allow these crooks to get away with.

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