Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Kirsten GillibrandSunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Suburban moms are going to decide the 2020 election Jon Stewart urges Congress to help veterans exposed to burn pits MORE (D-N.Y.) on Thursday criticized her Senate colleagues for not acting on sexual harassment reform, noting 100 days had passed since the House passed landmark legislation to overhaul Capitol Hill’s sexual harassment policies.

“100 days ago, the House unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to address sexual harassment in Congress,” Gillibrand said in a string of tweets. “As of today, the Senate has yet to bring this up for a vote. Nothing has moved.”

“Every wasted day leaves those who've experienced harassment trapped in a broken system designed to keep them from coming forward,” she wrote. “Meanwhile, taxpayers are stuck paying the tab for the cost of politicians’ harassment settlements.”

100 days ago, the House unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to address sexual harassment in Congress. As of today, the Senate has yet to bring this up for a vote. Nothing has moved. — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) May 17, 2018

Every wasted day leaves those who've experienced harassment trapped in a broken system designed to keep them from coming forward. Meanwhile, taxpayers are stuck paying the tab for the cost of politicians’ harassment settlements. — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) May 17, 2018

Momentum for sexual harassment reform in Congress grew with the rise of the "Me Too" movement, and as several female lawmakers shared their own stories of being harassed as Hill staffers and in their current positions.

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In February, the House passed legislation intended to streamline the harassment reporting process for Capitol Hill staffers.

The legislation also seeks to improve transparency for settlements involving lawmakers that are funded by taxpayer dollars. Congressional data shows that more than $340,000 in taxpayer dollars have been used to cover sexual harassment settlements since 2008.

The current system, the Congressional Accountability Act, has been criticized by members of both parties as being outdated.

Gillibrand, a top 2020 contender, has long been an advocate for sexual harassment survivors. She was also the first Democrat to call on former Sen. Al Franken Alan (Al) Stuart FrankenGOP Senate candidate says Trump, Republicans will surprise in Minnesota Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district Getting tight — the psychology of cancel culture MORE (D-Minn.) to resign amid a series of groping allegations.

She said Thursday that she has been working to move forward with her Congressional Harassment Reform Act, but lamented that it has not been brought for a vote. In March, all 22 female senators called on Senate leadership to bring legislation before the Senate, but it has not been considered.

“The more time that goes by without addressing this broken system, the more people suffer,” Gillibrand said Thursday. “Passing reform would show that Congress is finally taking this problem seriously—and in the Senate, members of both parties want to get this done. All we need is the chance to vote.”

“I often tell people that on a good day, Congress is still 20 years behind the rest of the country,” she added. “It is in our power, right now, to make sexual harassment the exception to that rule. We’ve waited 100 days. Let’s not wait any longer.”