More than $15 million in public funds has reportedly been paid out to settle sexual harassment claims against members of Congress, with the approval of Congress's Office of Compliance.  The House Committee on Ethics' announcement that it is now investigating Representative Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.), and has removed him from serving on that committee, now raises additional questions regarding the fiscal aspects of the settlement process. (I will note here for the record that Meehan and I were law school classmates.) As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer: Meehan confirmed the outline of the [New York] Times story, which said the married 62-year-old expressed his romantic desires to his aide after she began a serious relationship with someone else, then grew hostile when she did not reciprocate.  After filing her complaint, she received a settlement and ultimately left the job, and reportedly felt traumatized by the...(Read Full Article)