Thursday, December 24, 2009

Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Passes, Infuriating Several (Male) Republicans

Al Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment Passes, Infuriating Several (Male) Republicans
By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
December 22, 2009 LINK TO FULL ARTICLE BELOW


FRANKEN AMENDMENT BECOMES LAW.... In October, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) proposed a key amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill. Yesterday, it was signed into law.

Motivated by the harrowing violence Jamie Leigh Jones suffered in 2005 while working for Halliburton/KBR in Iraq, Franken pushed a measure to withhold defense contracts from companies that "restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, battery and discrimination cases to court." Franken's measure passed, 68 to 30. The 30 opponents -- representing 75% of the entire GOP Senate caucus -- were Republican men.

There were some implantation questions from the Pentagon, but after some additional efforts, and overcoming a Republican filibuster, Franken's measure became law after President Obama signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act over the weekend.

To read the full article: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/144740/

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