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Violence Against Women Act

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    Feb 12, 2013 |Story| WDBJ7

  1. Senate renews Violence Against Women Act

    WASHINGTON (AP) --
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a solid show of bipartisanship, the Senate has voted to renew the two-decade-old Violence Against Women Act with new provisions to ensure that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women have equal access to the act's...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Abusive Behavior, Washington, DC, Elections, Labor Legislation

    2. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail

  2. Rockefeller meeting puts face on domestic violence issue

    Patricia Greenlee never thought she would be a victim of domestic violence.
    matthewu@herald-mail.com
    Patricia Greenlee never thought she would be a victim of domestic violence. She never witnessed a domestic violence in her life. Her parents had been married for 52 years, and she and her four siblings all were college educated. “I always...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, John D. Rockefeller IV, U.S. Senate, Joe Manchin III, Chuck Grassley

    3. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  3. 'No budget, no pay' advances despite reservations

    WASHINGTON (AP) — In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no pay" measure probably would have been stopped in its tracks.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In an earlier era, a move like the one engineered by House GOP leaders to pass a "no budget, no pay" measure probably would have been stopped in its tracks. But with Congress' approval ratings in the gutter, House lawmakers...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Patty Murray, Justice System, John Boehner, Parties and Movements

    4. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. You go, military girls -- to the front lines

    Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier!
    Annie, get your gun -- and then fall in, soldier! By 2016, it’ll be "officers and gentlemen and gentlewomen." Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will order the military to open combat roles to women, the last barrier to full engagement. That’s...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Iraq War (2003-2011), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Leon Panetta, Sex Crimes

    5. Jan 9, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Violence Against Women Act

    As a the leader of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, an organization committed to ending violence against women, I am very concerned with the lack of progress Congress is demonstrating toward renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). VAWA, which was...

    Tags: Joe Biden, U.S. Congress, Fiscal Cliff, Rape, Immigration

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