{"id":8976,"date":"2009-10-22T13:16:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T20:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8976"},"modified":"2009-10-22T13:16:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-22T20:16:48","slug":"sen-inouye-d-hawaii-may-weaking-or-kill-franken-anti-rape-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8976","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Inouye (D-Hawaii) May Weaken Or Kill Franken Anti-Rape Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Huffington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Multiple sources have told the Huffington Post that Sen. Dan Inouye, a longtime Democrat from Hawaii, is considering removing or altering the provision, which was offered by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and passed by the Senate several weeks ago.[…]<\/p>\n

“The defense contractors have been storming his office,” said a source with knowledge of the situation. “Inouye either will get the amendment taken out altogether, or water it down significantly. If they water it down, they will take out the Title VII claims. This means that in discrimination cases, they will still force you into a secret forced arbitration on KBR’s (or other contractors’) own terms — with your chances of prevailing practically zero. The House seems to be very supportive of the original Franken amendment and all in line, but their hands are tied since it originated in the Senate. And since Inouye runs the show on this bill, he can easily take it out to get Republicans and the defense contractors off his back, which looks increasingly likely.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is possible because the bill is now in conference committee, where the House and Senate versions of the bill are merged into a single bill.<\/p>\n

Kos has lots of contact info for Inouye<\/a>, and more information (including the claim that various congressional staffers have anonymously accused Inouye of sexual harassment and in one case rape).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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