Violence Against Women Act

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House passes Republican-supported Violence Against Women Act
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a different version of the Violence Against Women Act than the bill that passed the Senate. The House bill was proposed by Republicans and addresses the right's concern with...
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Clashing Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization bills in Congress
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was passed with quite a bit of fanfare in 1994. It was Newt Gingrich's Congress. It is at heart, a funding bill. It gives grants to victims services and rape collection kits...
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Censors use 'cyberbullying' and 'bullying' as an excuse to restrict speech
In the name of fighting “cyberbullying,” many New York legislators would like to force blogs to remove blog comments that offend readers, unless they “disclose information about the authorship of the supposedly offensive post including the writer...
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