Before we Indians start beating ourselves down over the 8 years delay we have had in bringing the Women's Safety Act on the Parliament's table, read this...
House GOP Lets Violence Against Women Act Passed By Senate Die Without A Vote
WASHINGTON -- Despite a late-stage intervention by Vice President Joe Biden, House Republican leaders failed to advance the Senate's 2012 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, an embattled bill that would have extended domestic violence protections to 30 million LGBT individuals, undocumented immigrants and Native American women.
"The House leadership would not bring it up, just like they wouldn't bring up funding for Sandy [hurricane damage] last night," said Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), a key backer of the Senate version of the bill, in an interview with HuffPost. "I think they are still so kowtowing to the extreme on the right that they're not even listening to the moderates, and particularly the women, in their caucus who are saying they support this."
read more @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/violence-against-women-act-_n_2398553.html
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