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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 [...]
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization bill, S. 1925, will come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate within the coming days. Senator Chambliss and Senator Isakson need to hear from as many Georgians as possible urging them to vote YES on Senate Bill 1925! Please take time THIS WEEK to contact both [...]
There is still time to contact members of the House Judiciary Committee and your Senators to protect victim access to TANF cash assistance! House Bill 861 is now scheduled for committee hearing at 8 a.m. on Monday, Mar. 5. Senate Bill 292 will be up for a vote on the Senate floor early during the week of [...]
Protect victim access to TANF! Please contact your legislators TODAY and urge them to OPPOSE House Bill 861 and Senate Bill 292, which require applicants for TANF cash assistance to pay for and pass drug screens before receiving benefits for themselves or their children. There is no question that economic security is closely linked to [...]
Thanks to your calls to legislators, House Bill 711 passed out of the Georgia House of Representatives by a vote of 162 to 1! There is absolutely no way that this could have been accomplished without your advocacy efforts! Now, House Bill 711 moves on to the Georgia Senate. Please be on the lookout [...]
