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 By Steve Chamraz MILWAUKEE - The push for new gun control laws came in response to the murder of 20 children in Newtown, Conn. But to the family of a local shooting victim, the President Obama’s proposals are personal. The family of Zina Daniel does not agree with everything the President wants, though they do think one part just makes sense. It would close the… Read more »

 By Derek Wallbank  The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as today on letting tribal courts try people accused of sexual assault who aren’t registered members of an American Indian tribe. The proposal is intended to give women seeking protection from non-Indian abusers some place to go besides the offices of U.S. attorneys who may be hundreds of miles away.… Read more »

 For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 7, 2013 Contact:Nicole Y. Williams or Staci Cox(202) 225- 4572 Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) released the following statement in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.  “Today marks the 13th year our nation has recognized February 7th as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.… Read more »

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 By Lisa Kaiser Earlier this year, the unthinkable happened. For the first time in almost two decades, the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was allowed to expire. Although VAWA’s funding continues—for now at least—its authorization lapsed in January and is now at the mercy of those in Congress who do not wish to improve its protections for… Read more »

 By Sarah Childress A Senate proposal to allow tribal courts to try non-Native abusers on reservations is one of three controversial changes that for more than a year have stalled the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a popular bipartisan bill since its first passage in 1994. Additional proposals would have ban discrimination against LGBT people by… Read more »

 By Lauren Fox The Violence Against Women Act is expected to clear a procedural hurdle Monday and be moved out of the Senate by the end of the week with bipartisan support, but its future remains in limbo in the House of Representatives because of key protections for immigrants and the LGBT community. The original bill, which was passed in the 1990s, expired nearly two… Read more »

 By John Diedrich  It's not often, or maybe ever, that the Republican from Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee Democrat agreed on something. On Wednesday, Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner and Gwen Moore were both calling for answers to the foul-ups in the ATF undercover sting in Milwaukee. An ATF agent's machine gun ended up on the streets of Milwaukee. Burglars ripped the… Read more »

 By Michelle Cottle  The election is over. The battles are done. You’d think if there was one thing Republicans and Democrats could agree on, it’s fighting violence against women. Think again. Much of the Beltway was still nursing an inaugural hangover when lawmakers gently but firmly waded back into the so-called war on women. Last Tuesday, Democrat… Read more »

 By Steve Benen   After decades of bipartisan support, the Violence Against Women Act expired a few weeks ago, after House Republicans blocked a bipartisan Senate bill that would have kept the law alive. For supporters of the 1994 law, which assists victims of domestic and sexual violence, the GOP's indifference to VAWA was outrageous. But the fight isn't over.… Read more »