House quietly paid out more than $300K in taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases, documents show
The House used over $338,000 in taxpayer funds from 2007 to 2017 to settle sexual harassment claims, according to documents released by Rep. Nancy Mace. The amount is higher than previously known but represents a small fraction of the $18 million total paid for workplace complaints on Capitol Hill during a broader period. The practice of using taxpayer money for such settlements ended in 2018 after new legislation was passed.
- ▪Rep. Nancy Mace obtained records showing more than $338,000 was paid from 2007 to 2017 to settle sexual harassment cases using taxpayer funds.
- ▪The payments were made from offices of Reps. Blake Farenthold, Eric Massa, John Conyers, Patrick Meehan, Rodney Alexander, and Carolyn McCarthy.
- ▪Congress banned taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements in 2018 following #MeToo movement reforms.
- ▪All six lawmakers were included in the House Ethics Committee’s list of members with publicly disclosed misconduct probes.
- ▪Rep. Anna Paulina Luna had previously claimed the $18 million in workplace settlements was largely for sexual harassment, though the confirmed harassment payouts were much lower.
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Politics House quietly paid out more than $300K in taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment cases, documents show By Ryan King Published May 5, 2026, 1:19 p.m. ET House lawmakers doled out more than $338,000 in taxpayer funds from a so-called “sexual harassment slush fund” between 2007 and 2017, according to data released by Rep. Nancy Mace this week. The figure is higher than previously known, but a much lower portion of the $18 million total paid out in response to workplace complaints on Capitol Hill than had been rumored. On Monday, Mace (R-SC) confirmed the names of four former legislators whose offices made payments: Reps.
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