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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act & CLOSING the boyfriend loophole.......
The WH strongly supports the bill
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House set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/violence-against-women-act-house-reauthorization-vote/
By Grace Segers
March 17, 2021 / 9:27 AM / CBS News
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VAWA enshrines legal protections for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence. It was initially passed in 1994, championed by then-Senator Joe Biden, and was updated and reauthorized in 2000, 2005 and 2013. The bill expired at the end of 2018 due to a government shutdown and was briefly renewed by a resolution reopening the government, but expired again in February 2019. Mr. Biden made reauthorizing VAWA a key campaign promise before he was elected.
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The current bill would expand victims services and reauthorize grant programs for the criminal justice response to domestic and sexual violence. It also includes provisions that would expand housing options for survivors, and end immunity for non-Native perpetrators of sexual violence on tribal lands.
It would also close the so-called "boyfriend loophole" to prevent dating partners and stalkers convicted of domestic violence or abuse from purchasing and owning firearms. Previous versions of the bill already prevented spouses convicted of domestic violence or abuse from obtaining firearms.
The House passed a version of VAWA including this amendment in 2019, but it died in the Senate, which was then controlled by Republicans. ...............................
Murkowski told reporters on Tuesday that VAWA had previously been "derailed" because of the provision closing the "boyfriend loophole."
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"On the Equal Rights Amendment, I wish that I could tell you that we had more Republican support for that at this point in time. We continue to work that," Murkowski told reporters.
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House set to vote to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act & CLOSING the boyfriend loophole....... (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2021
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,635 posts)1. Let's get this done! It's way way overdue.
And as for the "boyfriend loophole"--I cannot fathom why this would be a sticking point. It's disgusting.
sheshe2
(83,790 posts)2. Let's get this done!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)3. K&R
marble falls
(57,102 posts)4. Important bit of work. "Boyfriend extention", indeed!
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)5. Good!
niyad
(113,336 posts)6. Good. About damned time. And yes, close the f'n "boyfriend loophole."
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)7. Kickin' it ...
kimbutgar
(21,161 posts)8. But will repukes vote on it when it gets to the senate?
If they dont another thing to run against them in 2022!
Because I bet a lot of right wing women have experienced abuse by their men.
crickets
(25,981 posts)9. Yes! Get it done. nt