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womanofthehills

(10,906 posts)
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:13 PM 11 hrs ago

House votes 357-65 to block release of congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports

“HOLY FUCK it wasn't even close.

I'm going to tell my kids this is Epstein Island”


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House votes 357-65 to block release of congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports (Original Post) womanofthehills 11 hrs ago OP
Can anyone justify this? Ferrets are Cool 11 hrs ago #1
Yup. Bunch of pedos. SheltieLover 10 hrs ago #2
Nope. There's no justification for this whatsoever. Initech 10 hrs ago #3
Looks like JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #4
It would look that way, pedo Congress...there are probably other "Epstein Islands" we don't know about...geez... wcmagumba 10 hrs ago #5
George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it! Initech 8 hrs ago #12
Just throw out some bait and then real them in. multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #6
Link to how members voted dflprincess 10 hrs ago #7
That's beyond surprise, it's shocking, FoxNewsSucks 9 hrs ago #9
Ilhan Omar? Jamie Raskin?? AOC??? calimary 8 hrs ago #11
Not surprised anymore n/t Timewas 10 hrs ago #8
Complete mischaracterization. Wiz Imp 8 hrs ago #10

Initech

(108,437 posts)
3. Nope. There's no justification for this whatsoever.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:17 PM
10 hrs ago

The midterms can't get here soon enough!

wcmagumba

(6,009 posts)
5. It would look that way, pedo Congress...there are probably other "Epstein Islands" we don't know about...geez...
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:19 PM
10 hrs ago

dflprincess

(29,307 posts)
7. Link to how members voted
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 10:49 PM
10 hrs ago
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll083.xml

Based on some of the names who voted Yes (in this case a Yes, essentially killed the resolution by sending it back to the Ethics Committee) there's more to this than the OP implies.

Just a few names I was surprised to see in the Yeas column:
Ilhan Omar
Jamie Raskin
Kelly Morrison
AOC
Betty McCollum
Jasmine Crockett


FoxNewsSucks

(11,648 posts)
9. That's beyond surprise, it's shocking,
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 11:36 PM
9 hrs ago

I want to hear an explanation for this. What don't we know?

calimary

(89,689 posts)
11. Ilhan Omar? Jamie Raskin?? AOC???
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:55 AM
8 hrs ago

And Jasmine Crockett???

I never would have guessed!

I’m guessing they have reasons, and I hope those reasons make sense. For the life of me, I can’t figure this one out.

Wiz Imp

(9,721 posts)
10. Complete mischaracterization.
Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:23 AM
8 hrs ago
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5767307-house-bats-down-mace-effort-to-reveal-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-members-of-congress/
The House on Wednesday batted down an effort from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) to publicly release all reports on file with the House Ethics Committee on investigations into members of Congress regarding allegations of sexual harassment of staff or of a sexual relationship with a member of their staff.

In a 357-65-1 vote, the chamber moved to refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee — a move that essentially kills the effort. Thirty-eight Republicans and 27 Democrats voted against referring the resolution to the panel. Members who voted with Mace included members who have faced scrutiny over their own conduct, such as Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.).

Many/most of the worst of the worst Republicns voted NO, which makes it clear that a NO vote was not a good thing.
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