“This is the second time in the last year
this important legislation has passed the Senate with a large bipartisan
majority. Protecting women
and families from violence—no matter who they are or what their family
looks like—is something I know we can agree on, and I strongly urge my
colleagues in the U.S. House to quickly consider and pass it as well.”
The legislation passed by a vote of 78-22,
and now awaits consideration in the U.S. House. A similar measure passed
the Senate last year, but never received a vote in
the House.
The original
Violence Against Women Act passed in 1994 with strong bipartisan
support in both the House and Senate. Support for the legislation’s
renewal in 2000 was passed with a 95-0 vote in the Senate, and a 371-1
vote in the House. An even stronger consensus
emerged in 2005, with unanimous approval in the Senate, and a 415-4
vote in the House.
Last year, McCaskill was
joined by every Democratic woman in the U.S. Senate
as they signed a letter sent to the female members of the U.S. House, encouraging them to pass the languishing reauthorization.
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