By Kay Steiger Update: The House voted to pass the Senate’s version of the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday with a vote of 286-138, CNN reported. Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore (D) spoke passionately on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday as the legislative body prepares to take up the re-authorization of the lapsed Violence Against Women Act… Read more »
By Christine Pelosi Twenty years ago, I graduated from law school and told a Latina friend I planned to work on helping women break the glass ceiling. "That's fine for you, but it doesn't motivate my community," she responded. "While your people are breaking ceilings, it's my people of color who are caring for your kids, so your discussion doesn't… Read more »
Today I joined Representatives Conyers and Slaughter to introduce the real VAWA – the Senate VAWA. We have the support; we are waiting on Republican leadership to bring our VAWA bill to the floor for a vote. Read more »
By Mike Lillis Behind Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Democratic leaders on Tuesday intensified their calls for GOP leaders to consider anti-domestic-violence legislation that passed the Senate this month with overwhelming bipartisan support. House Republicans have offered their own version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which could reach the… Read more »
By Sean Lengell An ongoing dispute on Capitol Hill over renewal of the Violence Against Women Act — once among the most noncontroversial measures in Congress — is heating up ahead of an expected House vote Thursday. The pending House action to reauthorize the law that protects women from domestic violence comes after the Senate last week easily passed its own… Read more »
ABC News’ Kristina Zverjako and John Parkinson report: Update:The House is likely to pass a Senate-approved version of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Thursday, sending the bill to President Obama for his signature.A rule approved in the House Rules Committee tonight allows an up-or-down vote first on a controversial House GOP version of the measure as a… Read more »
The saying goes, •Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.' This is the second time House Republicans have trotted out this VAWA Trojan Horse, only to try and gut critical provisions from the real VAWA... Read more »
By Don Walker As part of President Barack Obama's State of the Union call to help the nation's middle class, the government plans to create "promise zones" in as many as 20 distressed communities across the country, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Thursday in Milwaukee. Donovan met with Mayor Tom Barrett, Racine Mayor John Dickert,… Read more »
Compiled by Courier Staff Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-4) responded to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress. “Tonight the President set an aggressive agenda for America. His plan to refocus our efforts on bringing about solid economic growth for all Americans through manufacturing, infrastructure, clean and renewable energy, skills… Read more »
By Bob Bach In response to President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore says she is thrilled with his call to invest more funding in early childhood education and infrastructure. However, the Congresswoman says she's anxious about payment changes in entitlement programs such as Medicare, but believes the President… Read more »
