Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
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Nebraska lawmaker who targeted a colleague during a graphic description of rape is reprimanded
BY MARGERY A. BECK
Updated 5:09 PM EDT, April 3, 2024
A Nebraska lawmaker who invoked the name of a colleague while reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Legislature violated the bodys workforce sexual harassment policy, an outside investigator found, leading the bodys governing board to issue Republican state Sen. Steve Halloran a letter of reprimand.
But that announcement Wednesday by state Sen. Ray Aguilar, chairman of the Legislatures Executive Board, was met with strong criticism from several lawmakers who said Halloran should have faced a censure vote by the full body.
This is embarrassing and disappointing, said Democratic state Sen. John Cavanaugh, who along with his sister and fellow Democratic lawmaker Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, were the target of Hallorans remarks. As it stands right now, the Exec Board has said that it disapproves of this kind of language, but the Legislature has not.
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