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Senate: No more taxpayer dollars spent to defend members of Congress from sexual harassment claims
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Senate: No more taxpayer dollars spent to defend members of Congress from sexual harassment claims
On Thursday, the Senate passed a bill that would set a new sexual harassment policy for Congress. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Breck Dumas
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Chair of the Senate Rules Committee, Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) have announced the upper chamber’s passing of a new sexual harassment policy for Congress.

In a press release on Thursday, Senator Blunt said: “All members of the U.S. Senate stood together today in making sure the men and women who work for the Congress will be respected. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and perpetrators will be held accountable.

“Hardworking taxpayers should not foot the bill for a Member’s misconduct, and victims should not have to navigate a system that stands in the way of accountability.”

The bill was passed unanimously. Now, it’s on its way to the House.
Hang on. We’ve been paying for that?

Yep. In what’s been called a “slush fund” held by the Office of Compliance, $17 million has been paid over the past twenty years to cover legal defense fees for members of Congress. But it’s unknown what actual amount was expended for the purpose of quieting sexual harassment claims, in particular.

The most recent case of note was a report that Texas GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold settled a sexual harassment claim with taxpayer dollars to the tune of $84,000 back in 2014. He pledged to repay the money to taxpayers, but has not yet done so.

Farenthold resigned last month, and is reportedly now a lobbyist making a $160,000.10 annual salary.

Even if an audit could verify how much the Office of Compliance has paid out on sexual harassment and similar claims, the investigation would have to be more broad to get a true count of how much Americans have unknowingly paid out to prevent lawmakers from a scandal of that nature.

Other members have evidently used separate taxpayer funds for side-deals. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) paid a settlement to a former aide who accused him of sexual misconduct, using funds from his own Congressional office budget.
So what would change?

If the Senate’s bill becomes law, currently required 30-day counseling, mediation, and “cooling off” periods for accusers would be scrapped. Also, any lawmaker faced with a settlement over harassment would be required to repay the U.S. Treasury for claims within 180 days. After that point, the feds can go after the assets or compensation of the accused.

bahmer

I don't trust congress or the senate they will not only figure and end around run but will stealthily word it and insert it in this bill or another one right after this bill. Remember these are all lawyers you are dealing with here and they are not to be trusted. It is much like trusting Muslims who say that they just want to give you a haircut they just don't tell you that the cut line is half way between your shoulders and your skull is all.

woodguru

In this day and age sexual advances are not going to fly, they might as well pass these laws.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Yeah, they need to pass a law for everything including when you can break wind in your own home! But wait! It's not your home! It's woodglue governments home that they graciously allow you to live in, so they tell you what to do in it!

bahmer

Gee I wish that woodglue would pay my property taxes on my home for me as well then.

valkyrierider Loc: "Land of Trump"

It is because of your property taxes that you do not own your property. Anytime that the government can take your home for non payment of property taxes then you do not own your home. Your deed was drawn up by an attorney and not a Lawyer. In the deed and the way that it is written is why you do not own your property. You are allowed to live on it and it can be taken by the government at any time that they want to.

bahmer

I think that is true for all fifty states correct?

valkyrierider Loc: "Land of Trump"

Absolutely You need to read this.

Hiding Behind the BAR
Why Attorneys are not lawyers
In the U.S., they're collectively called everything from "attorney" to "lawyer" to "counselor." Are these terms truly equivalent, or has the identity of one been mistaken for another? What exactly is a "Licensed BAR Attorney?" This credential accompanies every legal paper produced by attorneys - along with a State Bar License number. As we are about to show you, an attorney is not a lawyer, yet the average American improperly interchanges these words as if they represent the same occupation, and the average American attorney unduly accepts the honor to be called "lawyer" when he is not.
In order to discern the difference, and where we stand within the current court system, it is necessary to examine the British origins of our U.S. courts and the terminology that has been established from the beginning. It's important to understand the proper lawful definitions for the various titles we now give these court related occupations.
The legal profession in the U.S. is directly derived from the British system. Even the word "bar" is of British origin:
BAR. A particular portion of a court room named from the space enclosed by two bars or rails: one of which separated the judge's bench from the rest of the room; the other shut off both the bench and the area for lawyers engaged in trials from the space allotted to suitors, witnesses, and others. Such persons as appeared as speakers (advocates, or counsel) before the court, were said to be "called to the bar", that is, privileged so to appear, speak and otherwise serve in the presence of the judges as "barristers." The corresponding phrase in the United States is "admitted to the bar." - A Dictionary of Law (1893).
From the definition of the title and occupation of a "barrister" is derived:
BARRISTER, English law. 1. A counselor admitted to plead at the bar. 2. Ouster barrister, is one who pleads ouster or without the bar. 3. Inner barrister, a sergeant or king's counsel who pleads within the bar. 4. Vacation barrister, a counselor newly called to the bar, who is to attend for several long vacations the exercise of the house. 5. Barristers are called apprentices, apprentitii ad legem, being looked upon as learners, and not qualified until they obtain the degree of sergeant. Edmund Plowden, the author of the Commentaries, a volume of elaborate reports in the reigns of Edward VI., Mary, Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth, describes himself as anapprenticeofthecommonlaw. -ALawDictionarybyJohnBouvier(RevisedSixthEdition, 1856).
BARRISTER, n. [from bar.] A counselor, learned in the laws, qualified and admitted to please at the bar, and to take upon him the defense of clients; answering to the advocate or licentiate of other countries. Anciently, barristers were called, in England, apprentices of the law. Outer barristers are pleaders without the bar, to distinguish them from inner barristers, benchers or readers, who have been sometime admitted to please within the bar, as the king's counsel are. - Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
Overall, a barrister is one who has the privilege to plead at the courtroom bar separating the judicial from the non-judicial spectators. Currently, in U.S. courts, the inner bar between the bench (judge) and the outer bar no longer exists, and the outer bar separates the attorneys (not lawyers) from the spectator's gallery. This will be explained more as you read further. As with the word bar, each commonly used word describing the various court officers is derived directly from root words:
From the word "solicit" is derived the name and occupation of a solicitor; one who solicits or petitions an action in a court.
SOLICIT, v.t. [Latin solicito] 1. To ask with some degree of earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something. This word implies earnestness in seeking ... 2. To ask for with some degree of earnestness; to seek by petition; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor. - Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
From the word "attorn" is derived the name and occupation of an attorney; one who transfers or assigns property, rights, title and allegiance to the owner of the land.
ATTORN / v. Me. [Origin French. atorner, aturner assign, appoint, f. a-torner turn v.] 1. v.t. Turn; change, transform; deck out. 2. v.t Turn over (goods, service, allegiance, etc.) to another; transfer, assign.
3. v.i. Transfer ones tenancy, or (arch.) homage or allegiance, to another; formally acknowledge such transfer. attorn tenant (to) Law formally transfer ones tenancy (to), make legal acknowledgement of tenancy ( to a new landlord). - Oxford English Dictionary 1999.
ATTORN, v.i. [Latin ad and torno.] In the feudal law, to turn, or transfer homage and service from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassels or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate.
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
ATTORNMENT, n. The act of a feudatory, vassal or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service.
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
ATTORNMENT n. the transference of bailor status, tenancy, or (arch.) allegiance, service, etc., to another;
formal acknowledgement of such transfer: lme. - Oxford English Dictionary 1999.
From the word advocate comes the meaning of the occupation by the same name; one who pleads or defends by argument in a court.
ADVOCATE, v.t. [Latin advocatus, from advoco, to call for, to plead for; of ad and voco, to call. See Vocal.] To plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal; to support or vindicate.
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
From the word "counsel" is derived the name and occupation of a counselor or lawyer; one who is learned in the law to give advice in a court of law;
COUNSEL, v.t. [Latin. to consult; to ask, to assail.] 1. To give advice or deliberate opinion to another for the government of his conduct; to advise. - Webster's 1828 Dictionary.
LAWYER. A counselor; one learned in the law. - A Law Dictionary by John Bouvier (Revised Sixth Edition, 1856).
Although modern usage tends to group all these descriptive occupational words as the same, the fact is that they have different and distinctive meanings when used within the context of court activities:
Solicitor - one who petitions (initiates) for another in a court Counselor - one who advises another concerning a court matter Lawyer - [see counselor] learned in the law to advise in a court Barrister - one who is privileged to plead at the bar
Advocate - one who pleads within the bar for a defendant
Attorney - one who transfers or assigns, within the bar, another's rights &
property acting on behalf of the ruling crown (government)
It's very clear that an attorney is not a lawyer. The lawyer is a learned counselor who advises. The ruling government appoints an attorney as one who transfers a tenant's rights, allegiance, and title to the land owner (government).
Feudal Tenancy
If you think you are a landowner in America, take a close look at the warranty deed or fee title to your land. You will almost always find the words "tenant" or "tenancy." The title or deed document establishing your right as a tenant, not as that of a landowner, has been prepared for transfer by a licensed BAR Attorney, just as it was carried out within the original English feudal system we presumed we had escaped from in 1776.
Ahumanbeingisthetenanttoafeudalsuperior. Afeudaltenantisalegalpersonwhopays rent or services of some sort for the use and occupation of another's land. The land has been conveyed to the tenant's use, but the actual ownership remains with the superior. If a common
person does not own what he thought was his land (he's legally defined as a "feudal tenant," not the superior owner), then a superior person owns the land and the feudal tenant - person pays him to occupy the land.
This is the hidden Feudal Law in America. When a person (a.k.a. human being, corporation, natural person, partnership, association, organization, etc.) pays taxes to the tax assessor of the civil county or city government (also a person), it is a payment to the superior land owner for therighttobeatenantandtooccupythelandbelongingtothesuperior. Ifthiswerenotso, then how could a local government sell the house and land of a person for not rendering his services (taxes)?
We used to think that there was no possible way feudal law could be exercised in America, but the facts have proven otherwise. It's no wonder they hid the definition of a human being behind the definition of a man. The next time you enter into an agreement or contract with another person (legal entity), look for the keywords person, individual, and natural person describing who you are.
Are you the entity the other person claims you are? When you "appear" before their jurisdiction and courts, you have agreed that you are a legal person unless you show them otherwise. You will have to deny that you are the person and state who you really are. Is the flesh and blood standing there in that courtroom a person by their legal definition?
British Accredited Registry (BAR)?
During the middle 1600's, the Crown of England established a formal registry in London where barristers were ordered by the Crown to be accredited. The establishment of this first International Bar Association allowed barrister-lawyers from all nations to be formally recognized and accredited by the only recognized accreditation society. From this, the acronym BAR was established denoting (informally) the British Accredited Registry, whose members became a powerful and integral force within the International Bar Association (IBA). Although this has been denied repeatedly as to its existence, the acronym BAR stood for the British barrister-lawyers who were members of the larger IBA.
When America was still a chartered group of British colonies under patent - established in what was formally named the British Crown territory of New England - the first British Accredited Registry (BAR) was established in Boston during 1761 to attempt to allow only accredited barrister-lawyers access to the British courts of New England. This was the first attempt to control who could represent defendants in the court at or within the bar in America.
Today, each corporate STATE in America has its own BAR Association, i.e. The Florida Bar or the California Bar, that licenses government officer attorneys, NOT lawyers. In reality, the U.S. courts only allow their officer attorneys to freely enter within the bar while prohibiting those learned of the law - lawyers - to do so. They prevent advocates, lawyers, counselors, barristers and solicitors from entering through the outer bar. Only licensed BAR Attorneys are permitted

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Good!! Should have never been paid by taxpayers to begin with!! I hope it passes and suspect it will !!

boatbob2

that sounds good,BUT,they will sweep it under the table,and we will never hear anymore about it..........

king hall Loc: Tucson,AZ.

Think you discovered something*frightening* interesting? Try presenting your info in a public forum as "industry-specific educational" (i.e., real estate investing) and see how fast you get a visit from the goon squad.

valkyrierider Loc: "Land of Trump"

Did you read it all and did it make sense to you.

valkyrierider Loc: "Land of Trump"

I found this on the internet several years ago and have had it saved for whomever wants to know the truth.