The Violence Against Women Act, which aims to protect victims of domestic violence, was first enacted in 1994 and has been renewed twice since.
In April, Senate Democrats added additional protections to cover Native Americans, undocumented immigrants, and gay, lesbian and transgender victims, in addition to those already protected under the legislation. That version of the bill passed late last month with bipartisan support.
The House version of the bill, however, stripped out those expansions.
And this is why we should strive to vote EVERY GOP MOTHERFUCKER out of the House of Representative and the Senate.