Message #5545

[Woody]

More details left out of the OP:

The House and Senate versions of VAWA have several key differences:

• The Senate adds language that explicitly mentions gay and transgender Americans for protection, while the House version is gender neutral. Republicans contend that their measure allows all Americans to receive protection because it does not specify who qualifies for various programs. Democrats, however, say that local law enforcement could use the lack of specificity to discriminate against gay or transgender people.

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• The House bill does not include a Senate provision that would allow Native American women to take American citizens who abuse them to court within the tribal legal system. Republicans say that the Senate measure is unconstitutional and replace it with a proposal that allows Native American women to apply for protection orders from local US

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/0516/House-passes-Violence-Against-Women-Act-grudgingly

To summarize, the House passed a bill that is the same as the old bill and authorizes 660 million in funding over 5 years.  The senate bill proposes the same amount.  The dems added to the bill provisions they knew the GOP would not vote for. 

Yet the accusation is that the republicans are holding up the bill.  Odd.


Woody do you support the Republican changes to the VAWA Bill, you posted? If you do please tell me your rational for giving your support for them, that way we can have a discussion, thanks kentay



The republicans did not add any changes.  The senate did.  If we are going to have a discussion one should post facts.  That way we can have a discussion.  Thanks woody.