[HOLY S**T!] 30 Republican senators defend gang-rape

[TheJoker]

Sad day for the Republican party. The American system seems so divided that the Republican party will endorse rape rather than come together with Democrats to protect it's citizen's rights working overseas...

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In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and "warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job." (Jones was not an isolated case.) Jones was prevented from bringing charges in court against KBR because her employment contract stipulated that sexual assault allegations would only be heard in private arbitration.

This is the bill they opposed

(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any existing or new Federal contract if the contractor or a subcontractor at any tier requires that an employee or independent contractor, as a condition of employment, sign a contract that mandates that the employee or independent contractor performing work under the contract or subcontract resolve through arbitration any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual assault or harassment, including assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or retention.

(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply with respect to employment contracts that may not be enforced in a court of the United States.

Here are the results of the vote

Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Burris (D-IL), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
LeMieux (R-FL), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (D-PA), Not Voting
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

[el malo]

not surprising at all, the republican party is ****. one name comes to mind, rush limbaugh

[Inthewhitegirls]

not surprising at all, the republican party is ****. one name comes to mind, rush limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh is not a republican, he is a conservative. The 2 are not nesessarly mutual and on top of that, he isn't a politician.

[Aracibo04]

LOL,

I am willing to bet that this is one little tiny fraction of the whole bill which was voted upon. People are quiet ignorant to the dirty practices politicians on both sides use.

I am sure there was something else in this bill which cause some to vote against it.

If you did not know, you can vote on one bill which may have hundreds of different laws and applications; therefore, it is not accurate to take one part out of context and say "hey these people voted against this"

This is how the push pork through in case you did not know and no, that part of the bill that is at the thread start is not pork but there might have been some in another part and that is why many objected.

anyway politicians (the majority) are crooked mofos.. I want term limits for senators and representatives.

these people live decades in a fu ck ng bubble being supported by tax payers and forget what it is to really earn ones keep and make ends meet...

[TheJoker]

LOL,

I am willing to bet that this is one little tiny fraction of the whole bill which was voted upon. People are quiet ignorant to the dirty practices politicians on both sides use.

I am sure there was something else in this bill which cause some to vote against it.

If you did not know, you can vote on one bill which may have hundreds of different laws and applications; therefore, it is not accurate to take one part out of context and say "hey these people voted against this"

This is how the push pork through in case you did not know and no, that part of the bill that is at the thread start is not pork but there might have been some in another part and that is why many objected.

anyway politicians (the majority) are crooked mofos.. I want term limits for senators and representatives.

these people live decades in a fu ck ng bubble being supported by tax payers and forget what it is to really earn ones keep and make ends meet...

It's not ignorance, speeches were made and the Republican case to vote against it was as follows.

The Congress should not be involved in writing or rewriting private contracts

Which is not what the bill states, the bill states the government will not award contracts to companies who draw up contracts which deny victims (in the specific case this bill is based on) of rape legal action. The bill proposes tax payer money goes to companies who uphold American civil rights and not to companies who would deny rights.

He continues:

It's a political amendment, really at bottom, representing a... a sort of a... political attack directed at Halliburton

So in order to protect Halliburton interests, victims of rape should have no legal recourse..? Now I don't know anyone would would realistically side with a company's financial interests in this case and I hope this is just a case of blatant partisan bickering. Either way you try and spin it it's horrible to have 75% of the Republican representation in congress voting no to this amendment.

[Piggu]

**** republicans. And David Geffen.

[Glamour Puss]

**** republicans. And David Geffen.

exactly.

[MARKBNLV]

Rush Limbaugh is not a republican, he is a conservative. The 2 are not nesessarly mutual and on top of that, he isn't a politician.

Republicans are Conservatives thats the whole basis of the party juslt like the Democrats are the Librials

[- v e t -]

blah blah blah.... no federal politician is a good one... regardless of party... the power should be in the local/state govts... until then, we'll be ****ed evenly by each party.... fiscal conservatives are our best bet at this point...

regardless...

this is no way near as bad as toolbag sharpton practically endorsing those ****s who did all that **** in dunbar village...

[- v e t -]

Republicans are Conservatives thats the whole basis of the party juslt like the Democrats are the Librials

semi true...

conservatives are more central GOP... whereas neoconservatives are the far right

there are some conservative democrats and liberals tend to be "further" left...

splitting hairs, but it is what it is