NEW: Today, after years of ugly partisan fights and failures, the Senate introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act that could actually pass and become law.
It's been 3 years since VAWA's authorization expired. huffpost.com/entry/violence…
It's been 3 years since VAWA's authorization expired. huffpost.com/entry/violence…
The biggest reason the Senate hasn't been able to pass a VAWA reauth bill in years because Republicans wouldn't support anything -- even their own bill.
What finally got GOP senators on board with this one?
The bill sponsors took out a gun safety provision opposed by the NRA.
What finally got GOP senators on board with this one?
The bill sponsors took out a gun safety provision opposed by the NRA.
That provision would have prohibited people who have been convicted of abusing their dating partners from owning firearms, closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole.”
Major concession here. Even the bill's 2 GOP sponsors, Murkowski and Ernst, fought to keep it in. No deal.
Major concession here. Even the bill's 2 GOP sponsors, Murkowski and Ernst, fought to keep it in. No deal.
The trade-off is that this VAWA bill is being introduced with 9 GOP cosponsors, just one GOP vote shy of having the necessary 10 votes to pass.
A Dem aide tells me they already have 10. "We are confident we have the votes." huffpost.com/entry/violence…
A Dem aide tells me they already have 10. "We are confident we have the votes." huffpost.com/entry/violence…
Update: the Senate's new VAWA bill officially has 10 Republican cosponsors, per a Dem aide, meaning it has the votes to pass.
No. 10 is Richard Burr.
No. 10 is Richard Burr.
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