Congress Finally Updating Old-Timey Sexual Harassment Policies
The Senate has finally revised their sexual harassment policy. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Abby Martin, and Jen Briney, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
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THE SENATE HAS JOINED THE HOUSE AND PASSING A SET OF REVISIONS TO THEIR SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY, IT ONLY TOOK THEM LIKE A YEAR AFTER THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT GOT GOING FOR THEM TO FINALLY MAKE MINOR CHANGES -- IF IT ISN'T CLEAR FROM THOSE CHANGES LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE UP UNTIL TODAY -- SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT IT, YOU HAVE TO HANG IN THERE. HOW CONDESCENDING IS THAT? OH, YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN HARASSED, WE'LL TALK IN A QUARTER, MAYBE WE'LL SEE IF YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND BY THEN. AND BY THE WAY -- ALTHOUGH SOME MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HARASS PEOPLE SAY THEY WILL PAY IT BACK AND THEN THEY DON'T, AND THEN THEY BECOME LOBBYISTS. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HOW OFFENSIVE THAT PHRASE IS UNTIL NOW, A COOLING-OFF PERIOD. OH, YOU ARE A LITTLE HOT AND BOTHERED THA...
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THE SENATE HAS JOINED THE HOUSE AND PASSING A SET OF REVISIONS TO THEIR SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY, IT ONLY TOOK THEM LIKE A YEAR AFTER THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT GOT GOING FOR THEM TO FINALLY MAKE MINOR CHANGES -- IF IT ISN'T CLEAR FROM THOSE CHANGES LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS WERE UP UNTIL TODAY -- SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT IT, YOU HAVE TO HANG IN THERE. HOW CONDESCENDING IS THAT? OH, YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN HARASSED, WE'LL TALK IN A QUARTER, MAYBE WE'LL SEE IF YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND BY THEN. AND BY THE WAY -- ALTHOUGH SOME MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HARASS PEOPLE SAY THEY WILL PAY IT BACK AND THEN THEY DON'T, AND THEN THEY BECOME LOBBYISTS. I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT HOW OFFENSIVE THAT PHRASE IS UNTIL NOW, A COOLING-OFF PERIOD. OH, YOU ARE A LITTLE HOT AND BOTHERED THA...
