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The Violence Against Women Act Passes: Now What?
I was on “Young Turks” last night to talk about the passage of VAWA: You don’t see it in this clip, but going in there the hosts discussed a snag in the victory: sequester is going to undermine these gains. The requested budget for VAWA is $412 million, and sequester…
Rep. Gwen Moore slams Republicans for cutting minority women out of anti-domestic violence legislation
Update: The House voted to pass the Senate’s version of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday with a vote of 286-138, CNN reported. Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore (D) spoke passionately on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday as the legislative body prepares to take up the…
GOP congressman: Men cope with violence better than women
While discussing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Sunday, Republican Rep. John Duncan of Tennessee claimed that men in general were better at coping with violence than women. “Like most men, I’m more opposed to violence against women than even violence against men,” he told the Chattanooga Times Free…
Rubio one of 22 male GOP senators to vote against Violence Against Women Act
The U.S Senate has renewed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), with 78 votes in favor and 22 against. According to Think Progress, all of the 22 votes against renewing the Act were Republican men, including rising GOP star, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R). Republicans had threatened to obstruct VAWA,…
Eight Senate Republicans vote against the Violence Against Women Act
Eight Republican senators voted Monday against proceeding to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), a bipartisan bill to aid victims of domestic and sexual violence. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Tim Scott (R-SC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Rand Paul (R-KY), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and James…
AZ Rep. Sinema: VAWA’s expiration puts every woman at risk
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) summed up the problem with this week’s Republican-enabled expiration of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in a Saturday panel discussion with MSNBC host Melissa Harris Perry. “The fact that the 112th Congress let VAWA expire doesn’t just mean that they’re politically opposed to some of…
GOP obstruction kills 18-year-old Violence Against Women Act
The current term of Congress ended on Wednesday without re-authorizing the Violence Against Women Act, a nearly two-decade-old measure to aid victims of domestic and sexual violence. Though the Senate approved the VAWA last year with bipartisan support, Republicans in the U.S. House had opposed the legislation because it added…
Sen. Leahy: House version of VAWA would ‘leave victims unprotected’
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who introduced the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act to the Senate, said Wednesday he was disappointed in House Republicans. The House voted 222-205 to pass the Republican version of reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Unlike the Senate version, which passed in April, the House…
National Coalition for Men backs GOP version of Violence Against Women Act
The National Coalition for Men has endorsed the House version of the Violence Against Women Act. The group, which says it is committed to ending sex discrimination against men, claims that the Senate version of the bill unfairly excludes heterosexual men. “We cannot adequately address violence related issues by excluding…
Civil rights groups oppose House version of VAWA
Civil rights groups stated their opposition to the House version of the Violence Against Women Act on Monday, saying the bill lacked protections for minority groups. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and American Civil Liberties Union sent letters to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) on…
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