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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I, also. As one reporter said, "the Congress
would never stand for contractor slavery. What ethical lapse allows
them to contenance contractor rape?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sue </FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 22, 2009 3:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Waht a Great
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<DIV><FONT size=2>What a bunch of whores. I hope everyone, regardless of
political affiliation, who votes against this provision is unseated in their
next election .</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>W.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rforce2003@yahoo.com href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com">Ron
Force</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Waht a Great
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<DIV><BR>Sam Stein<BR><A
href="mailto:stein@huffingtonpost.com">stein@huffingtonpost.com</A> |
HuffPost Reporting<BR><BR>Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By
Senior Dem, Sources Say<BR><BR>An amendment that would prevent the
government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault the
right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or
stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill.<BR><BR>Multiple
sources have told the Huffington Post that Sen. Dan Inouye, a longtime
Democrat from Hawaii, is considering removing or altering the provision,
which was offered by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and passed by the Senate
several weeks ago.<BR><BR>Inouye's office, sources say, has been lobbied by
defense contractors adamant that the language of the Franken amendment would
leave them overly exposed to lawsuits and at constant risk of having
contracts dry up. The Senate is considering taking out a provision known as
the Title VII claim, which (if removed) would allow victims of assault or
rape to bring suit against the individual perpetrator but not the contractor
who employed him or her.<BR><BR>"The defense contractors have been storming
his office," said a source with knowledge of the situation. "Inouye either
will get the amendment taken out altogether, or water it down significantly.
If they water it down, they will take out the Title VII claims. This means
that in discrimination cases, they will still force you into a secret forced
arbitration on KBR's (or other contractors') own terms -- with your chances
of prevailing practically zero. The House seems to be very supportive of the
original Franken amendment and all in line, but their hands are tied since
it originated in the Senate. And since Inouye runs the show on this bill, he
can easily take it out to get Republicans and the defense contractors off
his back, which looks increasingly likely."<BR><BR>A Democratic aide on the
Hill, also with knowledge of the situation, confirmed the account, as did a
source who works on defense contracting matters outside of Congress. "The
contractors are putting on a full-court press on this amendment... they are
all doing it," said the latter source.<BR><BR>A spokesman for the Senate
Committee on Appropriations said that "the committee does not comment on
ongoing conference negotiations." But another source with knowledge of the
situation stressed that it was premature to say that any decision has been
made. Indeed, even the Hill source said that the situation is fluid and
could change before the bill is sent out of committee -- likely in the next
few days.<BR><BR>The decision on what to do with Franken's amendment is
being made in conference committee with the House of Representatives, which
severely limits the number of lawmakers who can weigh in on the
matter.<BR><BR>The second-longest-serving member of the United States
Senate, Inouye is a veteran of WWII. The chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, he has received $294,900 in donations from the defense and
aerospace industries over the course of his career, according to the Center
for Responsive Politics.<BR><BR>Franken's amendment passed the Senate on
October 21, 2009 by a voting margin of 68 to 30. The 30 Republicans who
opposed the provision were widely pilloried in the press. But they were
actually joined in some of their concerns by the Obama administration's
Department of Defense, which worried that "enforcement would be problematic,
especially in cases where privity of contract does not exist between parties
within the supply chain that supports a contract."<BR><BR>The White House,
for its part, told HuffPost it supports the intent of the amendment and it
is "working with the conferees to make sure that it is enforceable," said
spokesman Tommy Vietor.<BR><BR><SPAN>Read more at: <A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/frankens-anti-rape-amendm_n_329896.html?view=print"
target=_blank>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/22/frankens-anti-rape-amendm_n_329896.html?view=print</A></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV><BR>
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