{"id":32437,"date":"2013-02-05T09:25:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/the-senate-is-ready-to-pass-the-violence-against-women-act-again.html"},"modified":"2013-02-05T09:25:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:25:24","slug":"the-senate-is-ready-to-pass-the-violence-against-women-act-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/the-senate-is-ready-to-pass-the-violence-against-women-act-again.html","title":{"rendered":"The Senate is ready to pass the Violence Against Women Act (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The issue is whether the GOP-dominated House will fail to take action on it (again).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/116234824425478706959'>Talking Points Memo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Senate overwhelmingly voted 85-8 on Monday to advance legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/assets_c\/2012\/08\/Reid-Harry-8-8-12-cropped-proto-custom_6.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2013\/02\/violence-against-women-act-senate.php?ref=fpnewsfeed'>Violence Against Women Act Flying Toward Senate Passage<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Senate overwhelmingly agreed Monday to advance legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, winning over strong bipartisan support to bypass a filibuster and consider the renewal of d&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/GfEwh3pA5Hv' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The issue is whether the GOP-dominated House will fail to take action on it (again). Reshared post from +Talking Points Memo The Senate overwhelmingly voted 85-8 on Monday to advance legislation reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Embedded Link Violence Against Women Act Flying Toward Senate Passage The Senate overwhelmingly agreed Monday to advance legislation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/05\/the-senate-is-ready-to-pass-the-violence-against-women-act-again.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Senate is ready to pass the Violence Against Women Act (again)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27106,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/15\/domestic-violence-and-partisan-politics.html","url_meta":{"origin":32437,"position":0},"title":"Domestic violence and partisan politics","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 15-Mar-12 7:35am","format":false,"excerpt":"While I'm pretty sure that the Democratic leadership is engaging in some politics over the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, the bill as described, including its expansions, seems a fine one to me. 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