The Violence Against Women Act that President Obama proudly signed today contains significant new protections for women, and expands to include gays and lesbians and immigrants. The expanded protections caused Republicans to fight against the act over the last year and a half. But in the current political climate, with a popular president winning the [...]
In Surprise, GOP Finally Decides to Support Violence Against Women Act
March 2, 2013 | Posted by
After fighting the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act for more than a year, House Republican leaders threw in the towel Thursday and 87 GOP congressmen voted with Democrats to pass the bill 286-138. The passage sent to President Barack Obama a renewal of the 1994 law that has been described as the standard [...]
Rep. John Conyers Accuses Republicans of Attacking Women
May 9, 2012 | Posted by
Congressional hearings are supposed to be genteel affairs where very few fireworks occur, but at a hearing on the Violence Against Women act, fiery Rep. John Conyers was through with the niceties. Conyers blasted his Republican colleagues for making so many changes to the bipartisan bill that had come over to the House from the [...]
