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The Speak Out Act (S.4524) is an Act of Congress which prevents the enforcement of non-disclosure agreements in instances of sexual assault and harassment. Introduced by senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York during the second session of the 117th Congress, the legislation was approved unanimously in the Senate and was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 315 to 109.
Roy S. Moore of Alabama, a Republican candidate for the Senate, was accused by nine women of sexual contact and assault when the women were teenage girls in the 1980s. Moore denied the allegations but lost the election. [187] [188] [189] (2017) Tony Tooke, Chief of the US Forest Service, resigned in 2018 after sexual harassment and retaliation ...
Several Members of Congress received threatening messages. Representative Eric Cantor received a threat from Norman Leboon, a donor to Barack Obama who had produced more than 2,000 threatening YouTube videos; [31] the Democratic Party said that it would donate the funds to charity. [32] Other lawmakers' windows were broken with bricks and other ...
The former leader of the US Coast Guard who withheld from Congress the explosive findings of an investigation that documented years of sexual assaults at the agency’s prestigious academy said he ...
Sociologist and criminologist William R. Kelly states that, "While the longer-term impact of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was questionable, the political impact was clear—crime control or 'tough on crime' became a bipartisan issue." [39] Total, Violent, and Property Crime Rates per 100,000 Persons, 1970–2001
At the 1983 State of the Union address Reagan stated that crime was a top priority. [12] [13] Despite a crime bill being presented by Congress in 1982, it was pocket vetoed by the President on January 14th, 1983, due to the proposed bill's creation of a new powerful office for drug law enforcement. [13] [14]
Politico reports, citing sources, that Republican Representative Blake Farenthold used taxpayer funds for a sexual harassment settlement.
Senator John Cornyn, who holds a top spot on the committee that will consider Gaetz's nomination next year, said he and other lawmakers should get access to the report by the House of ...