SAVE: Setback to Abuse Industry: Sen. Reid Postpones VAWA Vote

For weeks the Domestic Violence industry has been promising that the Senate would vote on its version of the Violence Against Women Act, S. 1925, by March 23, or certainly no later than March 30.

But that promise came unraveled this week as Senate majority leader Harry Reid postponed a vote on VAWA until after April 16, when the Senate will come back into session after its Easter recess.

Some say the reason for the delay is the reluctance of Sen. Reid to compete with the publicity surrounding President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which is being argued in the Supreme Court this week. But the more likely explanation is that Sen. Reid is having difficulty lining up the necessary 60 votes to secure passage of the VAWA reauthorization. It is known that some senators who are generally supportive of the bill are insisting that amendments be made before they will vote in favor of it.

A recent U.S. News and World Report debate found a majority of persons were opposed to the Violence Against Women Act: http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-the-violence-against-women-act-be-reauthorized. A number of female commentators have written editorials sharply criticizing the law: http://www.womenagainstvawa.org

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