<p>The United States Senate has paid out more than $1.5 million in &#8220;workplace harassment&#8221; settlements — including sexual harassment settlements — since 1998, <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/25/the-senate-waited-until-christmas-to-reveal-how-many-harassment-settlements-were-paid-out/">according to a report released by the Senate Rules and Administration Committee</a> over the holiday weekend.</p>
<p>The Senate had been reticent to release any actual figures on how much taxpayers have doled out over their members&#8217; bad behavior, but the small regulations body chaired by Sen. Richard Shelby allowed the public to get a closer glimpse at Senate records while most of the country was busy celebrating Christmas.</p>
<p>According to the report, which is sparse on details, the Rules and Administration Committee has settled &#8220;dozens&#8221; of individual complaints in the last two decades, paying out $1.5 million — significant, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/23602/insane-legislator-says-15-million-taxpayer-funds-emily-zanotti">but nowhere near the $15 million Rep. Jackie Speier claims</a> has been doled out to victims from the House of Representatives&#8217; coffers. Six hundred thousand of that total came from individual Senate offices. &#8220;Other Senate offices,&#8221; such as committee and caucus bodies, paid out $850,000.</p>
<p>Most of the complaints aren&#8217;t sexual harassment allegations; they&#8217;re racial discrimination complaints. The Daily Caller reports that the individual statistics show violations of the &#8220;Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act,&#8221; as well as age discrimination.</p>
<p>The Senate Rules and Administration Committee, unlike the House, does not keep detailed records of each payout, so the information available is only general; there are no names, dates, addresses, or even individual check amounts listed in the newly-public information.</p>

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