INVESTIGATINGGovernmentCongress voted down a bill that would have publicly disclosed which sitting members of Congress used taxpayer-funded settlements to cover up sexual misconduct allegations. The post was removed from r/nottheonion at 7,579 upvotes.
“Congress voted down a bill that would have publicly disclosed which sitting members of Congress used taxpayer-funded settlements to cover up sexual misconduct allegations. The post was removed from r/nottheonion at 7,579 upvotes.”
There was a bill. It would have publicly disclosed which members of Congress used taxpayer money to settle sexual misconduct claims. Congress voted to kill it. Then the Reddit post about it was deleted at 7,579 upvotes.
The proposed legislation was simple: require public disclosure of sexual misconduct settlements paid with taxpayer funds. American taxpayers have been paying to cover up Congress members' sexual harassment and assault for years — through a secret slush fund most people don't even know exists. The bill would have put names to those payments.
Congress voted it down. The people accused of misconduct voted on whether to expose their own misconduct. And they voted no. This isn't a conspiracy theory — it's a recorded vote. The foxes guarded the henhouse and decided the hens didn't need to know.
Since the 1990s, Congress has maintained a fund that pays sexual misconduct settlements on behalf of its members — using taxpayer money. The total amount paid out is estimated in the tens of millions. The names of the members who used it? Secret. The details of the allegations? Secret. The only public information: your money paid for it.
The bill was killed in Congress. Then the Reddit post about it was deleted from r/nottheonion at 7,579 upvotes. Congressional misconduct, covered up twice — once by the institution itself, and once by social media.
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