Parties Playing to Their Strengths
Posted by Jim Harper
If you want a nice illustration of political parties playing to their strengths, look no further than the congressional schedule for the forthcoming week. Senate Democrats are pushing Republicans back on their heels this week with a debate on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. S. 47 would continue programs first created by the Violence [...]
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Everyone’s Against Violence Against Women
Posted by Jim Harper
So everyone’s in favor of the Violence Against Women Act, right? A bill to reauthorize the law goes to the House floor this week. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was signed by President Bill Clinton. The Act provided $1.6 billion toward investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory [...]
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