BREAKING: House Republicans Backing Down On Violence Against Women Act

MaxShimba · 2013-02-27T15:43:58+00:00

After nearly a year of resistance that has damaged them politically with women voters, House Republicans have found a clever way to back down on the reauthorization of an expanded Violence Against Women Act, aides confirmed to TPM late Tuesday. The original plan was for the Republican majority in the House to pass its version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization and then go to conference conference committee with the Senate. The Senate has already overwhelmingly passed a more aggressive bill, with protections for LGBT, Native American and undocumented women that have been at the heart of the dispute with House Republicans. But all that changed Tuesday night. The Rules Committee instead sent the House GOPs version of the Violence Against Women Act to the floor with a key caveat: if that legislation fails, then the Senate-passed version will get an up-or-down vote. The big admission implicit in this latest move is that House GOP leaders dont believe they have the votes to pass their version of the bill but that the Senate version is likely to pass the chamber. So this way theyll give House conservatives the first bite at the apple as a way of saving face and still resolve an issue that has hurt them politically. Read more: House Republicans Back Down On Violence Against Women Act | TPMDC

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Start date Feb 27, 2013

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