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Franken Passes Bill To Help Contractors Raped Abroad (VIDEO)
airamerica.com - 10/8/2009
Franken Passes Bill To Help Contractors Raped Abroad (VIDEO)
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Minnesota Senator Al Franken today--over the objection of fully 30 Republicans-- authored and passed legislation restricting military contractors from bidding "if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court." Yes, they ...
minnpost.com - 10/7/2009
Senate passes Franken amendment aimed at defense contractors
— minnpost.com — Sen. Al Franken Senate passes Franken amendment aimed at defense contractors By Cynthia Dizikes | Tuesday, Oct.... 6, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the most public tests of his political skills since taking office in July, Sen. Al ... (more) Senate passes Franken amendment aimed at defense contractors

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franken.senate.gov - 10/7/2009
Office of Sen. Al Franken
— franken.senate.gov — Does not require contractors to change or modify existing employment contracts. It only bars funds to contractors... who continue to use these mandatory arbitration clauses in their employment contracts. Narrowly targets the most egregious violations and ... (more) Office of Sen. Al Franken

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/8/2009
Franken Gets First Amendment Passed By Roll Call Vote
— huffingtonpost.com — After operating largely under the radar during his first few months in office, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.)... is slowly beginning to make political ripples. On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Democrat got his first piece of legislation passed by the ... (more) Franken Gets First Amendment Passed By Roll Call Vote

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The Agitator — ... Thirty GOP Senators vote against a bill that would give court access to employees of military contractors who are raped while overseas. As I understand it, Franken’s bill applies only to civil suits. The real problem is the legal netherworld that exists when contractors work overseas where they’re bound neither by U.S. law nor local law. Or at least that was the Bush Justice Department’s excuse for not prosecuting these rapes. Anyone know if Congress has changed that to make contractors working for the U.S. government subject to U.S. law? ...

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Trish Kinney: Franken's Amendment; the Power and the Promise — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Senator Al Franken got my attention and the attention of a lot of other people who care about sexual abuse and violence, with the passing of his Senate Amendment 2566. The Amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill provides for the withholding of federal funds from contractors who continue to ...
Franken Amendment Step Towards Ending Militarism's Culture of Impunity Regarding Sexual Assault, More Needed — Commondreams.org Views
by Lucinda Marshall Yesterday, by a 68-30 vote, the U.S. Senate passed Senator Al Franken’s amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (Amendment 2588) that, according to Stop Family Violence , prevents the Defense Department from using contractors that require, “mandatory ...