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Transcript: Linda Wertheimer spoke with representatives from two Oregon newspapers about...
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- May 21, 1993
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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon was reelected
to a six-year term in 1992 despite published reports that the senator
had sexually harassed women staff members and lobbyists in his senate
office. Before the election, the senator denied the charges. After
he was reelected, he apologized for the behavior. A group of Oregon
voters asked the Senate Rules Committee to negate Packwood's election
because, they said, Oregon voters had been misled by the senator's
denial. The group making the complaint told the Rules Committee that
was fraud, but the committee felt such a ruling would set a dangerous
precedent and yesterday they declined to ...