Top Democrats press Maine senate candidate to drop out of race over sexual assault allegation
Top Democrats press Maine senate candidate to drop out of race over sexual assault allegation (bbc); Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race (thehill) (sources: bbc, thehill, nbcnews, axios)
Top Democrats press Maine senate candidate to drop out of race over sexual assault allegation (bbc); Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race (thehill)
- Top Democrats press Maine senate candidate to drop out of race over sexual assault allegation (bbc)
- Senate Democrats’ campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race (thehill)
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This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would broaden federal employment protections against discrimination and harassment.
If passed, it would:
- Broaden federal employment protections against discrimination and harassment • Put workplace-harassment rules closer to the center of federal labor and civil-rights law.
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This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would increase federal funding incentives for states that adopt specified rights for sexual-assault survivors.
If passed, it would
- Increase federal funding incentives for states that adopt specified rights for sexual-assault survivors • Push states toward more uniform survivor-rights protections.
This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would expand trauma-informed training tied to sexual-assault, domestic-violence, dating-violence, and stalking cases.
If passed, it would
- Expand trauma-informed training tied to sexual-assault, domestic-violence, dating-violence, and stalking cases • Build a federal framework for better evidence handling and victim response by police and EMTs.
This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would exclude qualifying sexual-assault or sexual-harassment judgments, awards, and settlements from gross income.
If passed, it would
- Exclude qualifying sexual-assault or sexual-harassment judgments, awards, and settlements from gross income • Also exclude those amounts from certain payroll-related federal taxes.
This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would create a federal civil action for non-consensual sexual protection-barrier removal.
If passed, it would
- Create a federal civil action for non-consensual sexual protection-barrier removal • Add a federal remedy for a specific form of sexual violence centered on consent.
This story is about Senate Democrats' campaign arm calls for Platner to drop out of Maine race. This bill would require public companies to disclose sexual-harassment claims in certain SEC reports.
If passed, it would
- Require public companies to disclose sexual-harassment claims in certain SEC reports • Require mandatory sexual-harassment training and related workplace measures.
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