The whistleblower protection bill was the product of a 12-year lobbying effort and had bipartisan support.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by ProPublica reporting and independently corroborated by Government Accountability Project history and Senate committee press releases detailing bipartisan sponsorship and multi-year legislative effort culminating in 2012 passage. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Which Senator Secretly Sabotaged the Popular Whistleblower ... (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://whistleblower.org/whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act-wpea/ (corroboration)
- https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/OGM/majority-news/subcommittees-oversight-of-government-management-majority-media-committee-approves-bipartisan-whistleblower-protection-bill-for-federal-employees-2/ (corroboration)
- https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/senators-reintroduce-bipartisan-whistleblower-protection-bill (corroboration)