Senate Passes (68-30) Franken-Proposed Amendment to Prevent KBR/Halliburton from....

[Joanne98]

by Damozel | Via Howie Klein: Al Franken proposed an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill passed by the House.

S. Amend. 2566 simply prohibits "the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims." The "certain claims" have to do with sexual assault....

Franken offered the amendment because a KBR employee, Jamie Leigh Jones, age 19, was raped by a bunch of KBR workers in Iraq and then locked up in a crate when she tried reporting them. After she was rescued and returned to America she was informed that she couldn't take KBR to court because there was some fine print in her -- and everyone else's -- contracts that don't permit any such thing.

Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama...of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was the key spokesperson for the GOP against the legislation which he called unfair to Halliburton, one of the biggest Republican Party contributors in history. (More at HuffPost)

Good going for Franken. It needed to be done, and he did it.
http://bucknakedpolitics.typepad.com/buck_naked_politics/2009/10/senate-passes-frankenproposed-bill-to-prevent-kbrhalliburton-from-protecting-themselves-against-sexu.html

[ccharles000]

1. k/r

[Ardent15]

2. Awesome. Franken, make Paul Wellstone proud!

So glad to see someone worthy of holding Wellstone's seat.

[Janice325]

3. Way to go, Senator Franken!

He's good enough, smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like him. :thumbsup:
As for Jeff Sessions-fuck him!!!:puke:
I'm glad I don't live in Alabama anymore.
k&r for Senator Franken.

[bernynhel]

4. Geez great Al Franken but why did it require Franken to come along and do something?

Couldn't anyone else have been aware of this B.S. before now?

[Ardent15]

5. They were aware, they just didn't have the guts to do it

nt

[bernynhel]

15. Same ol' same ol'

[Tippy]

6. K&R

Way to go Senator Franken...Unfair to Halliburton....just remember how unfair Halliburton has been to our Millitary....

[bluethruandthru]

7. Way to go Al! n/t

[gratuitous]

8. 30 Republican Senators voted against this?

I wonder what they have to say to their wives, girlfriends, daughters, sisters, mothers, and aunts? "Sorry, but I firmly believe in the right of corporations to make money, and if they choose to gang-rape women to make money, then I'm not going to hamper the free market!"

[Chulanowa]

10. B-b-because it-it's unf-f-f-fair t-to Hallib-burton *SOB*

[old mark]

9. Halliburton is a large contributor to a lot of campaign funds and PAC's

of congress persons of both parties. They are loyal to those who pay them the most.

mark

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Franklin is awesome! Sessions sucks -- and now I can VOTE against him! nt

[Baikonour]

12. iHere's the 30 pieces of shit that voted against protecting female contractors from rape

Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

[Swamp Rat]

13. Kick ASS, Franken!

:kick:

[Kermitt Gribble]

14. K&R! Jeff Sessions ???

A young woman is raped, locked in a crate to keep her quiet, but it is unfair to halliburton for her to be able to sue??? Um...Really????

[Odin2005]

16. Al's the MAN!!!