tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/21/2009
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On Oct. 6, the Senate passed an amendment that would guarantee rape victims employed by defense contractors a chance to take their case to court. The 30 Republicans who voted against it have been vilified. (See, for example, RepublicansForRape.org.) But...
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huffingtonpost.com - 10/22/2009
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An amendment that would prevent the government from
working with contractors who denied victims of assault the...
right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill. ...
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Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior ...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/20/2009
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When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment
that would have required defense contractors to allow their...
employees access to U.S. courts in cases of rape or sexual assault, Jon Stewart ripped them to pieces. "I understand we're a divided ...
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Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment
openleft.com - 10/26/2009
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The GOP has been on quite a tear
recently, defining themselves quite clearly. If only the Democrats...
would pay a little bit of attention and help them out a bit. On Torture Two words: Dick Cheney. On Hate Crimes On October 8, the ...
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GOP: The Party of Rape, Torture, Hate Crimes and Death
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No Laughing Matter
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... A lot of Republican senators got tagged as "pro-rape" when they opposed an amendment by Sen. Al Franken that would make it easier for defense contractor employees who are victims of rape to get their day in court. But the Pentagon and White House opposed the Franken amendment, too. Rachel Slajda ...
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The Department of Defense opposes Al Franken’s appropriations amendment that would forbid the Pentagon from contracting with firms that force their employees to arbitrate if they are sexual assault victims. Not that DoD opposes the idea, you understand: it would just be too complicated because its subcontractors “may not be in a position to know about such things,” i.e., whether contractors employ the mandatory arbitration clauses. In a letter to members of Congress, the Pentagon claimed that ”enforcement would be problematic,” because contractors may not be privy to ...
One ‘No’ Too Many?
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... . Jones’ story inspired Franken to introduce his amendment. Nine Republicans — including four women — voted with Democrats to adopt it, 68-30 (all no votes came from Republicans). It should be noted that the Defense Department also opposed Franken’s amendment, and suggested instead that it might be more effective to pass a law that would eliminate these types of arbitration clauses in all business contracts within U.S. jurisdiction. Makes sense, but that’s not what at least one Republican senator argued. ...
Franken's Craven 'Anti-Rape' Amendment -- By: Michael M. Rosen
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... No matter that the Defense Department itself opposed the amendment, or that the Obama White House would go only so far as to support its “intent,” but not its content. Republicans would be made to suffer for Franken’s clever sleight-of-hand. ...
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