Report: 264 Staffers Paid $17 Million In Congressional Harassment Hush Money
Elizabeth K. Newman
More than two decades ago  Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) of 1995  which established what  Elizabeth K. Newman   an attorney with The Jeffrey Law Group  a Washington based law firm that represents Congressional staffers subjected to sexual and other forms of harassment  says is a âa terribly inefficient process and it takes forever â in dealing with those allegations.
âWhat staffer in his or her right mind is going to sit through that?â  Newman  asked Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.
âThey [Congressional staffers]â should have the same rights to go to the EEOC as their federal employee brethren â  Newman  tells Breitbart News.
But  Newman  says they do not have those same rights now  because theâEEOC does not have jurisdictionâ over complaints of sexual harassment filed by employees of the legislative branch against their employers.
The authorizing legislation for the EEOC âexpressly does not extend jurisdiction to the legislative branch â  Newman  notes.
More than two decades ago  Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) of 1995  which established what   [TGT]  subjected to sexual and other forms of harassment  says is a âa terribly inefficient process and it takes forever â in dealing with those allegations.
âWhat staffer in his or her right mind is going to sit through that?â   [TGT] asked Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.
âThey [Congressional staffers]â should have the same rights to go to the EEOC as their federal employee brethren â   [TGT] tells Breitbart News.
But   [TGT] says they do not have those same rights now  because theâEEOC does not have jurisdictionâ over complaints of sexual harassment filed by employees of the legislative branch against their employers.
The authorizing legislation for the EEOC âexpressly does not extend jurisdiction to the legislative branch â   [TGT] notes.