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| Congress Can No Longer Use Taxpayer Dollars To Settle Their Sexual Harassment Problems |
| 2018-12-20 |
| h/t Instapundit [Redstate] One of the more ridiculous things our taxpayer dollars were used for is taking the financial burden off of politicians who were caught sexually harassing others, essentially making us foot the bill for the Washington elite’s inability to engage with others with common decency. No longer, however, thanks to a bipartisan bill that unanimously made its way through the Congress and Senate and will shortly appear on President Donald Trump’s desk for signing. "Time is finally up for members of Congress who think that they can sexually harass and get away with it. They will no longer be able to slink away with no one knowing that they have harassed. ... They will pay back the U.S. Treasury," the bill’s sponsor Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) said on Thursday according to Reuters. The way things work around DC, I expect to read that Jackie is accused of Sexual Harassment, any day now |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 Moved to the petty cash account. |
| Posted by: charger 2018-12-20 20:30 |
| #7 The feel good cover up. That's all it is. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-12-20 17:53 |
| #6 Until they quietly change the rules. Again. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2018-12-20 15:14 |
| #5 The taxpayer should never have been responsible for paying up for the misconduct of politicians in the first place, and it’s likely that politicians not having any financial responsibility for their actions contributed to the problem of sexual harassment on capitol hill Misconduct a criteria? I've got a list of 535 candidates--maybe a few short but not many. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-12-20 13:47 |
| #4 If the current theory is that Paying off a mistress is an election expense that the FEC must cover, then why isn't this an election expense? Oh, right, it applies to Democrats also... |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-12-20 10:59 |
| #3 GoFundMe donations from several anonymous sources should take care of it also if need be |
| Posted by: Warthog 2018-12-20 09:04 |
| #2 Correct. Money is fungible and they won't be paying their own way no matter what. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-20 07:12 |
| #1 we'll see this just takes it out of one category of eligible expenses |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-12-20 06:02 |