Reuters: Senate plan to change U.S. military sex assault rules still short on votes
Reuters reports:
The senator leading a push to overhaul how the U.S. military handles sexual assault complaints made an urgent appeal on Thursday for more support as the measure stood seven votes short of passage before a vote expected as soon as next week.
Fifty-three U.S. senators now back the reform effort led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, still short of the 60 the bill likely will need to get through the Senate.
Gillibrand urged more senators to back the measure at a news conference on Thursday with other bill supporters, advocates and veterans who survived sexual assault.
