sexual harassment – Sandy Rosenberg

My freshman colleague is already thinking ahead.

“Do I have to co-sponsor bills that are controversial in my district?” he asked me at lunch.

“Absolutely not,” I told him. “Co-sponsorship is the biggest waste of time in Annapolis. What counts is having a member advocating for your bill in the committee room where it happens.”

The best politics is to do your job well.

If your constituents know that you work hard and gave it a lot of thought before you cast a vote they disagree with, they won’t hold that vote against you.

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I attended a training session on sexual harassment in this workplace, the General Assembly.
Attendance is mandatory for all members.

Much of the discussion was part of “Interactive Exercises.”

As the new House of Delegates chair of the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, from now on I won’t be dealing with exercises but real complaints.

A baseball scouting report can evaluate a hot high school prospect or an entire team.

My bill defining “supervisor” to reflect the realities of the workplace for sexual harassment cases had its public hearing today.

It would adopt Justice Ginsburg’s reasoning when she dissented in a case this past June.

Identical legislation will be heard in the Senate tomorrow.

 I often take notes on the arguments made by the opponents of my bills.

 This time, I emailed them to the Senate sponsor, Jamie Raskin:

 Since Judicial Proceedings will hear your crossfile tomorrow, a scouting report on opponents'

arguments:

 Raised doubt about whether we have the authority to act "contrary" to Supreme Court decision;

 Will result in flood of litigation; and

 Creates liability for actions of wayward employees.

 Senator Raskin should not have much trouble hitting these arguments out of the park.

My Key Issues:

Tag: sexual harassment

Thinking ahead and Interactive exercises

No tough pitches to hit

My Key Issues: