Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) year-long campaign to reform the way military sexual assault cases are investigated and handled hit the wall Thursday, when her bill failed to clear the automatic filibuster. Gillibrand’s proposal won 55 votes, leaving it five shy of the 60 votes needed to pass the filibuster. Her proposal, which pitted New York’s
Military Sexual Assault Reform Bill Fails Filibuster
Senate blocks Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s bill to take sexual assault cases out of the military’s chain of command and put into the hands of military lawyers.