I knew I was going to like Al Franken in the Senate. The first thing he did when he got there was to sponsor a bill that would protect employees of defense contractors from rape. Any contractor doing over a million dollars of business with the Pentagon that prevents employees from suing over sexual assault and other grievances would lose their contract. Republicans, who voted no on the amendment in lock step, have been unable to get his amendment removed.
The bill, released yesterday, includes Franken's original language. Since the amendment survived conference the only way Republicans can stop it is stop it is vote against defense spending. With our armed forces in harm’s way in the middle east hopefully they won’t do that. It’s likely to be passed by both the House and Senate this week. What a breath of fresh air.
