Posted by
Defend America on Saturday, November 14, 2009 3:22:36 PM
Dems jam GOP with Al Franken vote
By
MANU RAJU |
11/12/09 2:26 PM EST
When Al Franken ran for the Senate last year, the former “Saturday
Night Live” star had to reassure skeptics that the fierce partisan
attacks he lobbed at Republicans as an author and radio host wouldn’t
define his style as a legislator.
But because of one of his first pieces of legislation, Democrats now have their most brazen attack line of the emerging 2010 campaign season: that Republicans are insensitive to rape victims.
The charge stems from a Franken-sponsored amendment that would prohibit
the Department of Defense from contracting with companies that require
employees to resolve workplace complaints — including complaints of
sexual assault — through private arbitration rather than the courts.
Thirty Senate Republicans
voted against the amendment, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign
Committee, liberal commentators and state Democratic Party chairs have
been merciless.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29439.html