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Sequestration Cuts Strapped Domestic Violence Services Amid Increased Need

After Republicans stalled the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for months, it was finally signed back into law in March. Yet another act of Congress, the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, could undo VAWA’s impact. Programs that serve the victims of domestic violence have already suffered decreased funding from tight state [...]

Congress Helps Air Travelers, Ignores Victims of Rape and Domestic Violence

In March, shortly after President Barack Obama signed an extension of the Violence Against Women Act into law, the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women sent an email to the hundreds of non-profits and government agencies around the country that rely on its annual grants. Show More Summary

Video: Despite Problems At Spirit Lake, Heitkamp Defends Expansion Of Tribal Jurisdiction

The Violence Against Women Act has been heralded by Senator Heitkamp as one of the major achievements of her first 100 days in the US Senate. She’s even gone so far as to take a victory lap around the state after its passage in the Senate, and in this observer’s humble opinion she’s been quietly [...]Show More Summary

Woman Who Accused Rep. Cramer Of “Verbal Abuse” Is A Democrat Operative

Yesterday news broke that a Spirit Lake Indian Reservation official had accused Rep. Kevin Cramer of “threats of violence” and “verbal abuse” during a discussion over his concerns about the Violence Against Women Act. The woman, one Melissa Merrick, posted her version of events online but so far that version hasn’t been corroborated by anyone [...]Show More Summary

Spirit Lake Reservation Official Claims She Was “Verbally Abused” By Rep. Kevin Cramer

I’ve written extensively about the very real problems in the Violence Against Women Act pertaining to due process rights for non-tribal members accused of crimes in tribal jurisdictions. The tribal justice system is prone to woeful levels of incompetency and corruption, and there are serious questions about whether or not non-tribal members can get fair [...]Show More Summary

The International Violence Against Women Act: coming soon to a Congress near you

Congress finally passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in February, despite massive opposition from House Republicans; and President Obama signed it into law in March. But the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) has yet to be passed. It is expected to be re-introduced in Congress in the next couple of weeks. But will [...]

Republican: Violence Against Women Act ‘horrible’ because it protects transgender people

Quote of the Day: "How Is That a Woman?"

Here's Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), critiquing the Violence Against Women Act to National Review's Betsy Woodruff: "This is a truly bad bill," he says of the Senate version, which includes provisions regarding homosexual, bisexual, and transsexual victims of domestic violence. Show More Summary

Limbaugh: "Young People Have This Almost Romantic Attachment To Civil Rights, Civil Liberties"

From the March 18 edition of Premiere Radio Network's The Rush Limbaugh Show: Previously: Limbaugh: Violence Against Women Act Signed "Under The Guise That Women Are Being Beat To A Pulp In This Country" Limbaugh: Marriage Equality Advocates Part Of An "All-Out Assault" On Morality Limbaugh Mocks Rep. Jackson Lee's "Freed Slave" Remarks By Asking Who Owned And Sold Her

The Boehner Rule

flickr/Talk Radio News Service A fter months of Republican resistance, the House of Representative finally renewed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) late last month. What many casual political observers may not know is that there...Show More Summary

How Raped Women & Children And Racism Are Used By The "Dung Producing Party Animals To The Delight Of Their Congregational Bigots

The Republicans & Bill O'Reilly Push Jessica's Law The Democrat And The Progressive Press Push For "The Violence Against Women Act" The Target: Democratic State Legislatures That Have Failed To Pass Strong Laws Against Child Kidnappers...Show More Summary

Here's How a GOP Congressman Opposed the Violence Against Women Act—Then Pretended He Was for It

By now, most Americans know that Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on February 28, giving the government the resources to better investigate, prosecute, and stop violent crimes against women. Lawmakers haveShow More Summary

Joe Biden's Rule of Thumb: Anything More Than a "Garden-Variety Slap in the Face" Just Might Be Domestic Violence Which Should Concern Us

What if they threw a War on Women and nobody noticed? By the way, this is a speech about what we've "learned" from his Violence Against Women Act. What we've learned, in Shotgun Joe's own words, is that a "garden-variety...

USCCB revokes longtime support for Violence Against Women Act due to controversial changes

by Kirsten Andersen WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement last week revoking their longstanding support of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in light of changes to the 2013 reauthorization passed by Congress and signed by President…

New Expansion of Stalking Law Poses First Amendment Concerns

Nestled away in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013), which was signed last week by President Obama and is otherwise a very good law, exists a provision that may significantly broaden the already overlyShow More Summary

What the Signing of the Violence Against Women Act Means to Me

I was 5 years old when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Oliphant v. Suquamish in 1978. The decision stripped tribal governments of criminal jurisdiction over non-Indian and has left Native communities vulnerable to violent crimes committed by non-Indians in our territories. When I first began learning about this case in earnest in law school years later, I was horrified.

Ending violence against women remains controversial

Here are some good, basic ideas for fighting violence against women: 1. Violence against intimate partners is not ok. 2. Rape is rape, even within a marriage. 3. Religion, custom and tradition are not excuses for committing acts of violence. 4. Show More Summary

Sen. Cornyn didn't vote for the Violence Against Women Act, but he still wants credit for it

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Areyoukiddingmestan) File this press release from Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) under "chutzpah": “An unacceptable national backlog of untested rape kits has compounded the pain for too many victims of sexual assault over the years. Show More Summary

Sen. Cornyn Takes Credit For Anti-Rape Law He Voted Against

Shortly after President Obama signed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization into law, Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) released a glowing press release claiming that a “Cornyn bill” to “eliminate nationwide rape kit backlog” was signed into law. The so-called “Cornyn bill” is the SAFER Act, which was incorporated into the VAWA renewal, [...]

Cornyn hails VAWA law he opposed

We talked last week about an unfortunate attempt at political spin: at least eight House Republicans issued press releases claiming they voted for the Violence Against Women Act, even though they opposed the bipartisan legislation signed into law last week. Sen. John Cornyn's (R …