December 18, 2017

In Violation of Law, Pentagon Not Allowing Some Anonymous Sexual Harassment Reports

December 18, 2017 by Sam Sacks

The US military concurred with a government watchdog that said it should set up anonymous reporting avenues for troops to report sexual harassment—channels that don’t currently exist within the Army and Marine Corps. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed in a report on Monday that the two branches of the armed forces are currently out of compliance with a 2013 law that mandated the creation of a framework to better respond to sexual harassment allegations within the ranks. Section 579 of the 2013 National Defense…

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Forty-Two Senate Dems Dreaming of a Green Shutdown, Vow to Oppose Backdoor Gifts to Industrial Polluters

December 18, 2017 by Sam Knight

Senate Democrats are vowing to filibuster an impending must-pass funding bill, if it includes add-on proposals that would undermine environmental regulations. Forty-two members of the Democratic Senate Caucus say they lodge “strong opposition to any riders” included in proposed funding packages “that would gut bedrock US environmental laws.” The federal government is set–yet again–to run out of money on Friday. Forty lawmakers in the upper chamber can filibuster any bill that would keep the government open. The Democratic Senators cited several House Republican proposals that have already…

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