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Nebraska lawmaker faces calls to resign after invoking colleague's name in book's rape scene passage

  • Senator Steve Halloran is facing calls to resign after reading a graphic account of rape on the floor of the Legislature.
  • The incident occurred during discussions about Legislative Bill 441, which aims to revise Nebraska's obscenity law.
  • Lawmakers criticized the reading, with bipartisan calls for Halloran's resignation.
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A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom
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A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation. The announcement from the body's Executive Board comes two days after Republican state Sen. Steve Halloran name-checked a

1 month ago·United States
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Hindustan TimesHindustan Times

Who is Steve Halloran? Nebraska Senator faces ire for dragging colleague's name into rape scene

Senator Steve Halloran stirred a storm on Monday after he invoked a colleague's name while reading a book passage about an explicit rape scene.

1 month ago·New Delhi, India
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A Nebraska senator who name-checked a colleague while reading about rape is under investigation

A Nebraska lawmaker is now the subject of a sexual harassment investigation

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The Washington PostThe Washington Post

Lawmaker inserts colleague’s name into rape scene during book ban debate

At least three colleagues called for Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran’s (R) resignation after he read a passage from Alice Sebold’s “Lucky,” inserting “Senator Cavanaugh.”

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A Nebraska lawmaker faces backlash for invoking a colleague's name in a graphic account of rape

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker is facing calls for his resignation after reading a graphic account of rape that included a colleague’s name on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature. Republican Sen. Steve Halloran read an excerpt Monday night from the memoir “Lucky” by Alice Sebold. The book recounts Sebold’s experience of sexual violence when she was 18 years old. In his reading, Halloran repeated th…

1 month ago·Idaho Falls, United States
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