Mike
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Dear Mike,
Ten Republicans in the House have broken rank with
their party and are now joining Democrats in support of reauthorization of the
Violence Against Women Act. It's time to increase the public pressure on the
other 231 Republicans in the House who, in an appalling act of extremist
intransigence, are blocking a bill which should pass with broad bipartisan
support.
Women's lives are at risk, and there is no more time
for partisan delay.
Outrageously, news reports coming out of Washington,
DC suggest that Rep. Eric Cantor, a member of Republican leadership in the
House, is blocking a vote until a key protection for Native American women is
stripped from the bill.1
In response, Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin wrote a
letter to House Leadership asking for an immediate vote on the Senate version of
the Violence Against Women Act.2 In a cowardly move, House
Republicans are refusing to hold a vote on the bill so they don't have to go on
record voting against fundamental protections for battered women. Instead,
Republicans rammed through a fake version of the Violence Against Women Act. But
luckily, women's advocates in Congress have held firm and that sham vote didn't
work to take the heat off Republicans in the House.
Ten Republicans signed Rep. Gwen Moore's letter to
House leadership supporting an immediate vote on the real Violence Against Women
Act reauthorization.3 Momentum is now on our side. We need to shame
the remaining Republicans, and pressure them to allow an up-or-down vote on the
bill.
VAWA is an incredibly popular and successful program
that has reduced domestic violence rates by 58% since it was first passed in
1994. And it was approved in bipartisan votes every year since it was originally
passed — until Republicans began using it as a leverage tool to get what they
want.
House Republicans have voted for shameful bills to
redefine rape, defund Planned Parenthood, and to let women die. Still, despite
their appalling record on women's issues, you might think that Republicans in
Congress would have some concern for domestic violence survivors. You'd be
wrong.
Republican leadership in the House have the ability
to immediately call a vote on the Violence Against Women Act, and reauthorize
the protections that are making a critical difference. But for the sake of
pushing an extremist agenda through the House and holding protections for women
hostage in the process, he's putting the lives of women at risk — like the 34%
of Native American women who are victims of attempted or completed rape in their
lifetimes.
Tell Eric Cantor and extremist House Republicans:
Stop blocking the Violence Against Women Act. Click below to automatically sign
the petition:
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6993722&p=cantor_vawa&id=52053-3980642-6N_USVx&t=5
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=6993722&p=cantor_vawa&id=52053-3980642-6N_USVx&t=5
Thank you for standing up for women.
Becky Bond, Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets
CREDO Action from Working Assets
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2. Jennifer Bendery, "Violence Against Women Act: John Boehner, Eric Cantor Pressured By Republicans To Act." Huffington Post, 12/11/12.
3. The Republican members of Congress who signed Rep. Gwen Moore's letter demanding an immediate vote on Violence Against Women Act reauthorization were: Reps. Judy Biggert (Ill.), Ted Poe (Texas), Richard Hanna (N.Y.), Joe Heck (Nev.), Patrick Meehan (Pa.), Robert Dold (Ill.), Chris Gibson (N.Y.), Jon Runyon (N.J.), David Reichert (Wash.) and Michael Fitzpatrick (Pa.)
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