[Vision2020] Fw:[Spam 3.60] Bipartisan Legislation to Support Victims of Violence Signed Into Law

Fri Mar 8 12:29:12 PST 2013

What is wrong with the Bill? Are you happy with the level of violence
against women? You don't think we should do anything to try to lessen that
violence?

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:11 PM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

> So ???
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw:[Spam 3.60] Bipartisan Legislation to Support
> Victims of Violence Signed Into Law
> From: "Tom Hansen" **
> To: lfalen **
> Date: 03/07/13 22:06:14
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> FYI . . .
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> Representative Raul Labrador voted against the Violence Against Women Act.
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> http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h55
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> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
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> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
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> Tom Hansen
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> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
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> Subject: [Spam 3.60] Bipartisan Legislation to Support Victims of Violence
> Signed Into Law
> From: "Crapo News Release (Crapo)"
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> Date: 03/07/13 20:47:10
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> CONTACT:  Lindsay Nothern (208) 334-1776
> March 7,
> 2013
>           Judd Deere (202) 224-7518
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> *BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE SIGNED INTO LAW *
>  * **Violence Against Women Act Reauthorized Another Five Years*
> WASHINGTON (Thursday, March 7, 2013) - The reauthorization of the Violence
> Against Women Act (VAWA), signed into law today by President Barack Obama,
> will strengthen programs and policies meant to prevent domestic and sexual
> violence and protect victims, ensuring continued services for victims of
> domestic violence and sexual assault. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)
> and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the bill's lead Senate authors, both attended a
> White House signing ceremony Thursday, and called the bill's long overdue
> enactment a bright spot in a divided Congress.
> Leahy, who as Senate President Pro Tem is a member of Senate leadership,
> insisted that the chamber act quickly to reauthorize the measure this year.
> "We made the Violence Against Women Act our top priority this Congress,
> and today, President Obama signed this vital legislation into law.  At a
> time when we face gridlock and stonewalling on even the most compelling
> issues, I am glad to see that we acted in a bipartisan manner to help
> victims of violence in Vermont and across the country," said Leahy. "Today,
> victims of violence, members of law enforcement and those committed to
> working against domestic and sexual violence celebrate the signing of this
> important law, and I applaud them for their work and dedication to seeing
> that the Violence Against Women Act be reauthorized this year."
> "VAWA is being signed because of the many advocates and victims of crime
> in Idaho and across the country who have assisted us in passing this
> critical legislation," Crapo said.  "Sadly, Idaho has already seen four
> deaths this year linked to domestic violence, but national statistics show
> VAWA is working to reduce domestic crimes by a third. Those four lives in
> Idaho further prove the importance of having this act in place.
> "Violence against women and girls violates what we believe in and is not
> consistent with our values of a compassionate community where violence is
> never tolerated," said Kelly Miller, Executive Director, Idaho Coalition
> Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. "We are so grateful to Senator Crapo
> for his national leadership in the passage of a bipartisan and inclusive
> Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act."  Miller was in Washington,
> D.C. to attend the signing ceremony.
> The law signed by the President today renews VAWA's charter for another
> five years, and includes new and vital protections for all victims of
> domestic violence. The law also seeks to reduce the backlog of untested
> rape kits throughout the country, provides needed assistance to law
> enforcement in prosecuting sexual assault crimes, and assists law
> enforcement in investigating human trafficking crimes by also reauthorizing
> for four years the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which expired in
> September 2011.
> "As a husband, father, and grandfather, and as a former prosecutor who saw
> the aftermath of this type of violence firsthand, I am honored to have
> worked to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act," said Leahy. "I
> applaud the hard work of Senator Crapo and many others, and I thank
> President Obama for signing our bill into law today."
> "Chairman Leahy deserves the gratitude of all Americans for his leadership
> on this legislation," Crapo added.  "If just one life is saved because of
> VAWA, then our work has been worth it.  We must continue to advocate for
> the victims and agencies that assist those hurt by domestic and sexual
> abuse.  While the signing of VAWA will help save countless lives, we need
> to ensure we continue to have the most up-to-date protections to stop this
> violence in place."
> EDITORS:  Photos of Idahoans at the signing ceremony are available.
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> To directly link to this news release, please use the following address:
> http://crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=339950
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