Anonymous OP 4w

Basically the bill would release all files related to investigations, which included sensitive interviews with staffers. The concern is that, even if names were blacked out, it would make it obvious who those reporting staffers were, and they would be vulnerable to retribution, and it may chill victim reporting in the future

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Anonymous OP 4w

The bill could have absolutely been revised through the legislative process to protect victims. The modern day voting process in Congress is highly dependent upon party leadership and I would place my life savings on party leadership telling their members to vote against the bill purely because if the House seriously investigated sexual misconduct then over half the House and its leadership would need to be removed from office

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Anonymous #1 4w

Maybe? The bill was basically a “release all the interviews” bill and I’m not really sure what an alternative form would be that could actually protect victims. Do you have any ideas?

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Anonymous OP 4w

Ideally an accountability office would be established that would independently investigate claims of sexual misconduct and only publicly release a list of members that were investigated and found to be guilty of misconduct. I agree releasing details that would identify victims is bad but I also think if we had Congress members with morals then that would have been revised out during reconciliation between the House and Senate

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Anonymous #1 4w

That already exists. The office of congressional conduct investigates and makes recommendations to the House ethics committee. This bill took that out of their hands and gave Congress the responsibility of policing themselves. The bill was beyond salvaging

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Anonymous #2 4w

Clearly something new needs to be done because sexual misconduct in Congress is a far greater problem than anyone is willing to admit. Just with Swalwell there have been multiple accusations over the course of years and I refuse to believe that nobody else knew

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Anonymous #1 4w

Oh definitely. This bill just didn’t do anything in the right direction. It was dead on arrival.

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Anonymous #2 4w

I agree the bill was not the correct solution but I do still believe it was vetoed at the direction of party leadership on both sides

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Anonymous #3 4w

LMAO I forgot about that

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