January 3rd, 2013
08:06 PM ET
7 years ago
Backers hope to revive Violence Against Women Act
Washington (CNN) - Supporters of the Violence Against Women Act hope to revive the law in a new Congress after efforts to renew it failed in the last one.
"It is an early priority for us," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, told CNN as the 113th Congress convened Thursday. "Since it passed the Senate last time, with two more Democrats in the Senate, we hope that it will have an easy path there and a doable path there - and a successful one in the House."
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GIven that there are other countries that don't show they care, I think it makes some level of sense.
we the people hoping that something can be done to help those women mens need to keep their hands off these womens an fight them mens cowards
Pass the damn bill