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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…
Violence Against Women Act re-introduced to Senate
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “This life-saving legislation should be a top priority of the new 113th Congress,” Leahy said in a statement. “It is our hope that the Senate will act quickly to pass…
Sen. Mark Udall calls for swift passage of Violence Against Women Act
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) on Tuesday called on Congress to quickly pass a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). “Violence against women is unacceptable, and it is critical that we do everything we can to ensure that groups dedicated to combating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and…
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: Time running out on Violence Against Women Act
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Wednesday warned that the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act could die in the U.S. House of Representatives. The VAWA, originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized twice since, provides funding to local communities to improve their response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.…
The abuser lobby goes mainstream
The abuser lobby, which ridiculously calls itself the “men’s rights movement”, was handed a massive victory today by the Republican-controlled House, who passed a watered down version of the Violence Against Women Act. Prior to this year, even Republicans by and large felt that tacitly endorsing moderate levels of wife-beating…
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…
House bill would make visas for undocumented abuse victims contingent on testimony of abuser
For the past several weeks, Congressional Republicans have been attempting to obstruct the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act because they object to its addition of protections for immigrants, Native Americans, and members of the LGBT community. The law was initially passed in 1994 and was renewed by unanimous…
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