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NNEDV Praises House Passage of VAWA NNEDV Praises House Passage of VAWA, Looks Forward to President Obama Signing Bill into Law FEBRUARY 28, 2013 Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took up the Senate-passed bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and passed this vital legislation by a bipartisan vote of vote of [...]
Senate Bill 86 passes Rules Committee and will be voted on in the Georgia Senate TOMORROW, February 20th! Please contact your Senator TODAY and urge them to vote YES on Senate Bill 86! SB 86 has passed the Rules Committee and is headed to the Georgia Senate for a full vote. Please contact your Senators [...]
It’s unacceptable that VAWA resources have been jeopardized for almost 2 years! The election is over and it’s time! Congress has some unfinished business. They MUST PASS the Violence Against Women Act NOW! We must get Congress to finish the work of passing a VAWA that [...]
GCADV is disheartened to report that H.R. 4970, the harmful House version of a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May 16 by a vote of 222 to 205. Rather than take up a House bill crafted similarly to the bipartisan Senate VAWA reauthorization bill (S.1925), [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote NEXT WEEK on a harmful alternative bill for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization, the Cantor-Adams bill (HR 4970). Please contact your Congressman and urge him to vote NO on HR 4970! Ask him to, instead, support a bill like the bipartisan Senate Bill (S.1925) that protects [...]
Please contact your U.S. Representative before May 8 and ask them to OPPOSE the Cantor-Adams proposal (H.R. 4970) and to SUPPORT H.R. 4271 for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act! Georgia’s U.S. Representatives need to hear loud and clear that all victims should be protected and that victim service providers cannot endure additional [...]
Some harmful VAWA substitutes and bad amendments to S.1925 could be debated on the Senate Floor as soon as Wednesday, April 25! Call Senator Chambliss and Senator Isakson today with this message: “I am/the members of my organization are constituents and we need Senator Chambliss/Senator Isakson to vote for S. 1925. S. 1925 is the [...]
***Please click HERE for an important update*** The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization bill, S. 1925, is now on the floor of the U.S. Senate, and a vote is imminent! If you have not done so already, please take just a few minutes to contact both Senator Chambliss and Senator Isakson and urge them [...]
By a 52-1 vote, the Georgia Senate passed House Bill 711, which will give prosecutors more tools to hold batterers accountable, while also protecting the communications between domestic violence and sexual assault program advocates and the victims they serve. The bill now moves on to Governor Deal for his signature. If signed into law, House Bill [...]
House Bill 711 will be voted on in the Georgia Senate at 10 a.m. on March 21! Please contact your Senator and urge them to vote YES on House Bill 711! Thanks to your phone calls and emails, House Bill 711 has made it to the full Senate for a vote. If it passes, it will [...]
