It would require, for the first time, that lawmakers pay sexual harassment settlements out of their own pockets. The wave of sexual harassment stories hit Washington so hard late last year that at one point, three congressmen lost their jobs in a week. Until this year, members of Congress have never had to sit through training to prevent sexual harassment. The system congressional staffers use to report sexual harassment may seem like an insular issue. Only then can Congress say it actually did something about its sexual harassment problem.

Source: Washington Post May 23, 2018 18:47 UTC