{"id":539358,"date":"2021-05-25T06:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539358"},"modified":"2021-05-25T06:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:50:13","slug":"sen-gillibrand-fights-other-dems-on-military-sexual-assault-bill-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-gillibrand-fights-other-dems-on-military-sexual-assault-bill-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Gillibrand Fights Other Dems on Military Sexual Assault Bill Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-gillibrand-fights-other-dems-on-military-sexual-assault-bill-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539358&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-231.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., found herself at odds with members of her own party Monday when she attempted to bring a bipartisan bill reforming the way the military handles crimes like sexual assault to the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we brought this bill to the floor today, it would pass. We have this legislation, and we have the votes. Now we just need the will to act. I urge all of my colleagues to join me in working to pass this bill as quickly as possible,&#8221;&nbsp;she said in an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/555198-democratic-feud-erupts-over-scope-of-military-sexual-assault-bill?rl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hil<\/a>l.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand told her fellow Senators that she had enough bipartisan sponsors to ensure a vote, and was joined by Senators from both parties speaking in support, including Sen. Jodi Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.<\/p>\n<p>It was, however, Sen. Jack reed, D-R.I., that proved to be her biggest challenge, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Reed is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee which oversees the military and would have jurisdiction over this kind of bill.<\/p>\n<p>Reed said the bill belonged in front of his committee and objected to voting on it now.<\/p>\n<p>He told Gillibrand that once it went through the committee process, she could offer amendments when came back to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that the committee must start from a base that reflects the broadest consensus possible among our members on how best to move forward and on the recommendations of [Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin&#8217;s 90-day independent review commission [IRC],&#8221; Reed said from the Senate floor. &#8220;I understand some members would prefer there be nothing in our bill on this topic, while others feel that the&nbsp;IRC recommendations do not go far enough. This is the nature of compromise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapr.mil\/sites\/default\/files\/DOD_Annual_Report_on_Sexual_Assault_in_the_Military_FY2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Defense report<\/a> on Sexual assault released earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin established the IRC in February to address these issues within 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the military received 7,816 reports of sexual assault involving service members as victims or subjects in 2020, a decrease of nine cases from 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Cases reported by members during military service have increased from 2,828 in 2012 to 6,290 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand said that Reed and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., the ranking member on the committee, have blocked votes on this topic for years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When asked for a vote on this measure over the past several years, I have been denied a vote on this measure on the floor by the chairman and the ranking member,&#8221;&nbsp;she said. &#8220;So, they have been unable or unwilling to allow me to have a vote given all the bipartisan support we&#8217;ve had from the beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gillibrand is known for being an outspoken advocate for the #MeToo movement dealing with sexual assaults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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