On a bill that

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"will prevent federal funding from going to any contractor that requires its employees to use mandatory binding arbitration, instead of court, for sexual assault and civil rights claims against the company."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6655507.html

Senators who voted no:
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)

I already knew I disliked Burr and had good reason to not want him as a senator, and he just keeps adding to the list of reasons.

Roffle. Two TWW tabs, and I thought I was in my other one...where this shit belongs. oops

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 8:40 PM. Reason : sdf]

10/7/2009 8:40:02 PM

oh

10/7/2009 8:40:59 PM

note the absence of the letter "D" from that list

10/7/2009 8:41:21 PM

Soap Box? And they pretty much all suck, just to varying degrees.

10/7/2009 8:41:39 PM

what does "use mandatory binding arbitration, instead of court" mean?

10/7/2009 8:42:40 PM

because he gets money from contractors would be my guess.

^ Basically it's like peer mediation from elementary school, but done through the legal system

[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 8:45 PM. Reason : .]

10/7/2009 8:44:09 PM

Quote :

"Soap Box? And they pretty much all suck, just to varying degrees. "

I totally meant to

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"what does "use mandatory binding arbitration, instead of court" mean? "

Jack-in-the-box "court alternative", or anal rape, depending on why one is in arbitration. Arbitration companies have a vested interest in pleasing the companies that hire them, so nearly all arbitration decisions are in favor of the company. Even if it'd unequivocally be in favor of the consumer if it were ever taken to real court.

It's scary as shit, shady and hell, and ought not to exist. If it does, it should be optional - not some condition of, say, buying a house from a builder, or as a condition of employment, or any of the dozens and dozens of scenarios where you cannot participate in a business or working relationship without agreeing to it. It should be opt-in...instead of what it currently is, which is forced. You can't even opt out.



[Edited on October 7, 2009 at 8:52 PM. Reason : ^if only it were that benign.]

10/7/2009 8:50:51 PM

i just came in here to say i do not care for richard burr

like, at all

10/7/2009 8:58:11 PM

Oh, I don't either.

Ooooooh, I so dislike that man.

Pipe dream: term limits - of one term per person.

10/7/2009 8:59:07 PM