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Gillibrand snags GOP backing for new Hill harassment overhaul
"Will Trump's lows ever hit rock bottom?"
As was the case with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's initial bill, the bipartisan legislation would prohibit lawmakers from spending public funds on harassment settlements for which they are personally liable. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
By ELANA SCHOR
12/14/2017 03:59 PM EST
Updated 12/14/2017 04:30 PM EST
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is winning significant new Republican support in her campaign to combat sexual harassment in Congress.
The New York Democrat on Thursday unveiled a proposal backed by eight GOP senators — including Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) — that would overhaul Capitol Hill's workplace misconduct policy by making any harassment settlement public unless a victimized employee decides otherwise.
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joined Cornyn in signing onto Gillibrand's push to remodel the secretive system Congress uses to adjudicate sexual harassment complaints.
The presence of so many new Republican backers gives Gillibrand a critical boost as she presses for further action in the chamber following a week that saw three lawmakers in both parties resign over misconduct allegations. Also signing onto the bill are a dozen Democrats: Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.).
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