Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentLast month,Republican Congressman Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania said he wasn't running for re-election. His decision came after it was revealed that he used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a former staffer. Late final year, longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers, and a Democrat,stepped down after similar revelations came out about him.
This week, in the midst of the #MeToo Movement, or the House passed two measures aimed at overhauling the workplace harassment policy in Congress. Elana Schor, a congressional reporter for Politico, explains. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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