| Alexander (R-TN) Barrasso (R-WY) Bond (R-MO) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Corker (R-TN) |
Cornyn (R-TX) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) Gregg (R-NH) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) |
Kyl (R-AZ) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) |
A: They all think that employers should have the right to arbitrate away employees’ complaints of on-the-job gang-rape or other assault. The Senators above voted against the Franken Amendment, which — by the way — passed, with a 68-30 vote.
RightPundits.com has a good analysis here. (Yes, you read that right, Right Pundits, a Republican-leaning blog) After all, not all Republicans are brain-dead enough to vote against an obvious measure to improve American rights in the workplace. Here’s a list of Republican heroes whom voted FOR the measure.
| Bennett (R-UT) Collins (R-ME) Grassley (R-IA) |
Hatch (R-UT) LeMieux (R-FL) Lugar (R-IN) |
Snowe (R-ME) Voinovich (R-OH) |
Too bad it’s so short relative to those Republicans that voted against the obvious measure.
4 users commented in " Trivia of the Day: What do these guys have in common? "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackWell, since both senators from Arizona voted against the measure, I guess it’s okay for employers in AZ to arbitrate away an employee’s complaint of sexual assault. And to think that I considered voting for Sen. McCain.
Congress has moved to end the anti-Merit (if it existed before) National Security Personnel System.
“Pay for performance” is a tool for hammering anyone who recognizes that in DoD performance is fraud waste and abuse.
How can Merit exist when managers can set performance standards to prevent quality work and trash ranked position descriptions with out review from classifiers. These are standards for constructive discharge set in numerous jurisdictions.
Congress is making progress.
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