Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Overhaul Harassment Policies on the Hill

House lawmakers introduced legislation Jan 18 that goes beyond requiring mandatory anti-sexual harassment training for Capitol Hill staffers. And it looks like the bill will have the type of bipartisan support that’s become exceedingly rare in recent years.

“It’s been an incredibly amicable, bipartisan process,” a spokesperson in Rep. Jackie Speier’s (D-Calif.) office told Bloomberg Law, adding that the level of collaboration was surprising and almost odd.

The bill, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, was introduced by Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) and is co-sponsored by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), Speier, and others. The CAA is the existing ...