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By Jezebel on May 9, 2019
In April, the House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing on the latest iteration of the Equality Act, federal legislation that would enshrine sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under federal civil rights law. Support fo...
By Jezebel on Apr 25, 2019
The video, like so many videos ostensibly talking about how to save the world, begins with two white men in crisp white shirts and ties. One of the men is a reporter, the other is then-vice president Joe Biden. They sit facing each other on an Amtra...
By Jezebel on Apr 4, 2019
The House has finally passed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. The bill, which has been reauthorized three times with bipartisan support since 1994, expired in February and is critical for funding services that aid victims of do...
By Jezebel on Mar 27, 2019
As public pressure continues to mount in favor of stricter gun control laws, and while Republicans are becoming increasingly vulnerable to such calls, the National Rifle Association is ramping up its own pressure campaigns. The powerful gun lobby is...
By Jezebel on Jan 25, 2019
The Department of Justice, which tried to ban victims of domestic violence from seeking asylum in the United States, has found another way to try and trap victims in violent situations. As of April, as Slate first reported earlier this week, the defi...
By jobsanger on Feb 28, 2013
In the last election, the Republican Party did not do well with women voters, losing that demographic by a significant margin. And one of the reasons for that (among others) was their blocking approval of the Violence Against Women Act in the 112th C...
By Jezebel on Feb 28, 2013
The House voted Thursday to accept the bipartisan Violence Against Women Senate bill, 286-138. Eighty-seven Republicans and 199 Democrats to support the bill; no Democrats opposed it. More »...