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What are the sticking points? “The Senate version would extend the bill’s domestic violence protections to LGBT victims as well as undocumented immigrants, and, for the first time, it would allow tribal courts to prosecute non-tribal offenders, which brings up jurisdictional issues. The House version of the bill in the 112th Congress did not include those provisions, as Republicans held that they were more politically motivated than anything.”
Sen. James Inhofe is pushing Republicans to filibuster Hagel again,” The Hill notes. Inhofe, the ranking member on the Armed Services Committee, which considered Hagel’s nomination, wrote a letter to his colleagues, in which he suggests that voting for cloture would be akin to voting for Hagel’s confirmation. Inhofe and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) accused Hagel of being “cozy” with Iran.
Get ready for more culture wars. Democrats are planning to introduce comprehensive sex-ed legislation.
Playing chicken: Republican senators want the government to delay listing the prairie chicken as an endangered species to give the private sector more time to prepare, The Hill reports.
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The working title of the legislation is "You No Punch Woman!!!"
The Republicans look at Woman like they are Dinosaurs, are they Pigheaded our what !!!
GOP VAWA:
Obey...
When asked why the VAWA passed by the Senate was unacceptable, the GOP responded: "It seems to us, from what we understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's legitimate violence, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe she didn't have an AR-15 or something: we don't think there should be any punishment on the attacker."
This is the Republican party's definition of progress.
Ok, good idea, lets protect woman, but I have a feeling that most of the tea bags in congress could only want woman in burkas and walking 3 steps behind them. I cannot see the far right of the republican party doing anything significant for women's health, safety or welfare in a positive manner.
Tea Movement think Woman's rights are in the Kitchen, Looks like the Tea is Toxic !!!
Nah. For the GOP misogynists: the working title is "remember if you "discipline" your wife or significant other, our legislation will protect you since it is "Biblically" based"
Or: Don't leave too big a bruise and we won't prosecute you.
One Gop house member to another: Q. What do fifty battered women have in common? A. They just don't listen!
and the TeaPeople continue to say that they are not waging a 'war on women'!
Does anyone especially the media honestly believe the incompetent tea people republican House will actually wright a bill. How many times does the media have to be fooled to learn their being taken advantage of. The media always falls for the tea people republicans latest gimmick. What a dumb tabloid media we have.
So the House Republicans want to protect women, but the catch is they want to protect only the women they feel need protection. To hell with all the others. It's typical rightwing lunacy.
Yep. They 'love' women, and want to protect all women; just as long as those women are not gay, poor, minorities, immigrants, or Muslims.
bhart2000: #5.1
Or deserve it.
Or pregnant, bhart, they only care about humans from conception to birth.
The only women the tea people republicans want to protect are the ones with lots of money, you know their big female donors.
Where are the female TeaPeople of the House.....it would be great to hear from them.
Oh, wait...they're not allowed to speak in public!
They are to be seen, not heard.
Yup, and speaking out will not be tolerated. Otherwise, you (the female) brought this 'beat down' on yourself.
Another effort to delay and eventually kill VAWA, what is this stuff: go on the res. and rape, batter, and abuse with impunity, Gay folks don't bleed--deny assistance because......? I thought the Undocumented issue was taken out of the Senate version, to be introduced in the Immigration Reform legislation, am I misinformed? This legislation is designed for both genders, women and men, dirty secfret men get battered too. Bachmann silent along with that McMorris-Rogers--remember her, claiming there is no such thing as pay disparity and no federal legislation is needed because there isn't a problem. What bunker do these people inhabit so far out of touch and reality?
The bill should not just be violence against women but violence against others act. It really doesn't matter who is the victim of the violence it is wrong and needs to stop. PERIOD.
On a broadcast of "The 700 Club," Pat Robertson answered a question from a viewer named Michael about how to repair his marriage to a woman who "has no respect for me as the head of the house."
Robertson's response: "Well, you could become a Muslim and you could beat her."
Unfortunately, Robertson didn't stop there.
"I don’t think we condone wife-beating these days but something has got to be done to make her."
He also called the woman a "rebellious child" who doesn't want to "submit to any authority." However, since the Scripture doesn't allow for divorce, Robertson urged the husband to "move to Saudi Arabia," where, ostensibly, beating the woman would be permissible.
Pat is a good Republican, he campaigned with Mitt and even said that the lord told him that Mitt would win the election.
Funny side note here though, Pat actually believes that the Republican party is going too far to the right!!! Hahaaa!
Maybe Pat spoke to Rush when he said the Lard told him Romney would win.
I can't believe these idiots why don't LGBT women deserve protection? Why don't women living in tribal lands deserve protection? EVERY single one of these gop idiots needs to be out of office.