The Campus SaVE Act: A Critical Step to Ending Violence Against Women

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 While Members of Congress face gridlock, operating in one of the most partisan climates seen in recent times, women’s lives are once again on the line. Women are living in fear of being stalked or sexually assaulted and are enduring this abuse during one of the most transformative times in their lives – the college years.  This epidemic is today’s tragic…

A Political Gift on Social Securitys Birthday

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 By David Shuster There were fresh indications today that Democrats in Congress have rediscovered their spine in the fight to protect Social Security. The development is a gift to all of us on this -- the 77th birthday of the program. In a press call Tuesday, Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) became the latest lawmaker to publicly defend Social Security in the 2012 election…

Rep. Gwen Moore on the Importance of LGBT-Inclusive VAWA

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 This guest post comes from Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI): Since the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) first passed in 1994, we have witnessed nothing short of a sea change. The rate of non-fatal intimate partner violence has decreased 53 percent. More men and women are reporting domestic violence, and fewer people are being killed by intimate partner violence. As the time…

Democrats Think the Tables Are Turning on the ACA, and Some Predict a Public Option

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 George Zornick on July 11, 2012 - 3:28 PM ET For the thirty-third time since John Boehner took the speaker’s gavel in 2011, the House of Representatives will vote Wednesday to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act. (In this case, all of it.) As Republicans mount their response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding most of the law, the floor has…

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