The Senate Waited Until Christmas To Reveal How Many Harassment Settlements Were Paid Out

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The Daily Caller
KEVIN DALEY
1:33 PM 12/25/2017

As the Christmas holiday weekend set in, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee released a report revealing the Senate has spent $1.5 million on workplace harassment settlements since 1998.

The data, provided by the Office of Compliance, a little known administrative body that has quietly settled dozens of complaints against congressional offices, provides little by way of details, beyond an itemized list of violations and the corresponding settlement.

GOP Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, who chairs the Rules Committee, said further particulars cannot be made public, in order to respect the confidentiality afforded to victims.

“While the Rules Committee has been eager to provide this information in a transparent manner, it has been our priority to protect the victims involved in these settlements from further harm,” the senator said in a statement attending the report. “I am pleased that we have received assurances from Senate Legal Counsel that the release of this data does not violate confidentiality and as such, are able to make it public.”

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[truth_seeker]

The Daily Caller
KEVIN DALEY
1:33 PM 12/25/2017

As the Christmas holiday weekend set in, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee released a report revealing the Senate has spent $1.5 million on workplace harassment settlements since 1998.

The data, provided by the Office of Compliance, a little known administrative body that has quietly settled dozens of complaints against congressional offices, provides little by way of details, beyond an itemized list of violations and the corresponding settlement.

GOP Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, who chairs the Rules Committee, said further particulars cannot be made public, in order to respect the confidentiality afforded to victims.

“While the Rules Committee has been eager to provide this information in a transparent manner, it has been our priority to protect the victims involved in these settlements from further harm,” the senator said in a statement attending the report. “I am pleased that we have received assurances from Senate Legal Counsel that the release of this data does not violate confidentiality and as such, are able to make it public.”

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They can white out the names of the "victims," but reveal the names of the congresspersons and staff perps.

[Cyber Liberty]

They can white out the names of the "victims," but reveal the names of the congresspersons and staff perps.

I agree 100%.  I don't give a rat's ass about the ID of the victims, I doubt anybody does, but we all want to know who the perps are.  Shelby and his House counterpart are using that as a cheap excuse to refuse to tell us who the rotten apples are.

Give, you sonsabitches!   Who are they?  I don't care what Party so don't give me that crap either.

[Frank Cannon]

GOP Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, who chairs the Rules Committee, said further particulars cannot be made public, in order to respect the confidentiality afforded to victims.

The "victims" Dick is talking about are the congressmen who were paying off.

[Victoria33]

@240B

A list of the settlements is listed here:

https://www.rules.senate.gov/news/majority-news/senate-rules-and-appropriations-committees-release-ooc-harassment-settlement-data

[240B]

Water buffaloes fight each other and do their own thing most of the time. But when they perceive an outside threat, they all herd up and huddle together for protection. Two bulls that may be bloody from fighting each other, will band together to fight anything that may threaten the herd.


This is why Congresspeople get away with anything. Because nobody in Congress will incriminate one of their own. They do not want to establish the precedent that Congress has to obey any rules or laws.


The foremost priority of anyone in Congress is to enrich and protect themselves first. Their second priority is to protect the established order and status quo. The names will not be released because it may rock the boat. Congress wants no disruption to the gravy train they have set up. All for one and one for all!

[libertybele]

@240B

A list of the settlements is listed here:

https://www.rules.senate.gov/news/majority-news/senate-rules-and-appropriations-committees-release-ooc-harassment-settlement-data

The public deserves a list of names of those senators the paid off their victims.  I could care less about the dollar amount, even if it was a dollar. A bribe is a bribe.

[Oceander]

The public deserves a list of names of those senators the paid off their victims.  I could care less about the dollar amount, even if it was a dollar. A bribe is a bribe.

Those aren’t bribes, they’re damages for harm done. 

[Emjay]

I agree 100%.  I don't give a rat's ass about the ID of the victims, I doubt anybody does, but we all want to know who the perps are.  Shelby and his House counterpart are using that as a cheap excuse to refuse to tell us who the rotten apples are.

Give, you sonsabitches!   Who are they?  I don't care what Party so don't give me that crap either.

Or the victims could waive immunity.  I think most of them would.  I also thing we won't get the names of the perps.

[Cyber Liberty]

@240B

A list of the settlements is listed here:

https://www.rules.senate.gov/news/majority-news/senate-rules-and-appropriations-committees-release-ooc-harassment-settlement-data

Names.  I want names.  That list is just a summary of the checks written.  "The names are being hidden to protect the guilty."

[Cyber Liberty]

Those aren’t bribes, they’re damages for harm done.

 

Yup.

[Cyber Liberty]

Or the victims could waive immunity.  I think most of them would.  I also thing we won't get the names of the perps.

I don't want the names of the vics.  They could tell us on whose behalf these checks are written, and they refuse to come across.  Even the POS press we have today isn't going to stand for this.

[musiclady]

Those aren’t bribes, they’re damages for harm done.

This.

[aligncare]

I agree 100%.  I don't give a rat's ass about the ID of the victims, I doubt anybody does, but we all want to know who the perps are.  Shelby and his House counterpart are using that as a cheap excuse to refuse to tell us who the rotten apples are.

Give, you sonsabitches!   Who are they?  I don't care what Party so don't give me that crap either.

As long as they maintain a veneer of accountably, they figure they’re covered. So they set up phony congressional ethics committees and lord help the member who’s referred for investigation. After two or three years of “investigation,” if the member is found guilty of ethics violations you know what happens? Nothing. The member gets a letter of reprimand over something that happened 3 years ago that nobody remembers anyway, and meanwhile the member’s already won reelection!

What a sweetheart deal congress members get for themselves. A get outta jail free card.

[Emjay]

I agree 100%.  I don't give a rat's ass about the ID of the victims, I doubt anybody does, but we all want to know who the perps are.  Shelby and his House counterpart are using that as a cheap excuse to refuse to tell us who the rotten apples are.

Give, you sonsabitches!   Who are they?  I don't care what Party so don't give me that crap either.

If you read the list, most of them are not to settle sexual harassment cases.  Most of them are for various kinds of discrimination.

[Cyber Liberty]

If you read the list, most of them are not to settle sexual harassment cases.  Most of them are for various kinds of discrimination.

I.  Don't.  Care. 

Stop protecting people for whom you are forcing taxpayers to pay off.

[endicom]

This is why Congresspeople get away with anything. Because nobody in Congress will incriminate one of their own.

The marble wall of silence.

[Emjay]

I.  Don't.  Care. 

Stop protecting people for whom you are forcing taxpayers to pay off.

I agree that details should come out, but they may surprise you.

[Cyber Liberty]

I agree that details should come out, but they may surprise you.

I doubt it.  Unless they decide to announce people who aren't in Congress as abusers, nothing will surprise me.  I think they're all shit, both Parties.

[the_doc]

I.  Don't.  Care. 

Stop protecting people for whom you are forcing taxpayers to pay off.

Time for Tom Fitton to file an FOIA demand letter.

[Hoodat]

I.  Don't.  Care. 

Stop protecting people for whom you are forcing taxpayers to pay off.

Ditto.  Taxpayers have a right to know who has put their money at risk.