Posted on 02/06/2018 6:25:12 PM PST by Enterprise
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved H. Res. 724, a measure that prohibits sexual relationships between lawmakers and their staffers.
The bill, pushed by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), is the first significant step toward changing the system that has faced numerous sexual misconduct scandals against lawmakers in recent months amid the nationwide #MeToo movement.
The measure is effective immediately, according to the Washington Post. The bill affects the House only.
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George Costanza: “Was that wrong?”
What about marriage?
Does this resolution continue to allow legislators to screw their constituents?
Nobody hit on Babbs lately.
Most people marry someone they work with or meet through work.
So what are the penalties if the law is broken?
A $15.00 fine and one point against your driver’s license unless you take a sexual harassment prevention course - then the point comes off.
They make rules for us, the little people, but generally NOT for them.
The Chandra Levy rule?
How about banning sexual relationships between lawmakers and their constituents, because they been fng the public for decades.
this rule only applies to straight people. It does not apply to the other 41 self-identified genders. /s
*******!
I’m so old I never “boinked.” Such a new-fangled word.
Mind you we did find other things to occupy our time and they all had appropriate, old-fashioned descriptions.
They don’t enforce criminal laws anyway so bother making more rules??
And the penalty would be....fire the staffer.
How will they enforce that. You cannot enforce a SEX ban, hormones will find a way.
No doubt!
super-genius, totalitarian-mastermind’s, all.
O-M-G... somebody call me a doctor, my eyes are burning!
Yes, that is largely true.
I met my wife at work, I was her supervisor, but I knew darn well I couldn’t stay after that started, and got another job.
“Boink” is a great word!
You can use it quite a bit in public, before anyone figures out to what you are referring.
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