About the bill
Should a former member of Congress be allowed to lobby if they haven’t refunded taxpayers the cost of lawsuits related to sexual harassment?
Context
Former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX27) settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former aide for $84,000, but refused to reimburse the taxpayer-funded settlement.
He told ABC News that he didn’t reimburse taxpayers on the advice of his attorney, even though initially he had promised to do so. The funds for the settlement came from an account created for resolving this and other workplace issues in Congress by a 1995 law called the Congressional Accountability Act
Farenthold resigned from Congress in April 2018, and took a $160,000 per year lobbying position as a legislative liaison (a.k.a. as a lobbyist) for ...
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Introduced on Jan 30, 2019
This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on January 30, 2019. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Gottheimer-backed Firefighter Cancer Registry Investment Passes House”
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Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ5]
on Jun 13, 2019
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H.R. 931 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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