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Federal Advocacy Issues
(There are separate categories for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 1994 and 2000, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) 2005 and 2011 and the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA).)

 

2012 POLICY AGENDA, Safe States Alliance, Atlanta, GA.

ACTION ALERT: PRESERVE FUNDING FOR LIFESAVING VICTIM SERVICES, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: February 7, 2011.

THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT'S PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND IN YOUR STATE (includes state by state impact), HealthCare.gov, Washington, DC: posted February 9, 2011.

BENNET, CASEY STAND UP FOR HEALTH CARE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, Washington, DC: December 22, 2011.

BIDEN: BUSH BUDGET COULD ROLL BACK MORE THAN A DECADE OF SUCCESS IN COMBATTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: February 4, 2008.

BIDEN AMENDMENT BOOSTS FUNDING FOR ESSENTIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) PROGRAMS, U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: March 13, 2008. Amendment 4166.

CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDING TO END DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE APPROPRIATIONS BRIEFING BOOK, Washington, DC.

FY 2012 APPROPRIATIONS BRIEFING BOOK, April 2011.

FY 2011 APPROPRIATIONS BRIEFING BOOK, May 2010. Updated pages 7 & 8 VAWA Appropriations for Fiscal Years '08, '09, '10 and '12, as of December 16, 2011.

CONTACT YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES TO TELL THEM ABOUT VAWA, FVPSA AND VOCA AND THE CRUCIAL SERVICES THEY SUPPORT, SEPTEMBER 26-30, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: September 15, 2011.

CONTINUED FUNDING NEEDED TO PROTECT WOMEN, U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware State News, Dover, DE: February 16, 2008.

CUTS TO PREVENTION FUNDING STILL MOVING FORWARD, Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA: December 12, 2011.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CUTBACKS RISK LIVES, Ann Fisher, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH: February 12, 2008. Copyright © 2008 The Columbus Dispatch.

DR. PHIL COMES TO NATION'S CAPITAL ON BEHALF OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: July 14, 2011. HuffPost Politics video.

THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT (FVPSA) OF 2010

THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT (FVPSA) OF 2010, Monica McLaughlin, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: January 2011. Analysis.

HOUSE AND SENATE PASS ACT TO PROVIDE LIFESAVING SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SHELTERS AND CRISIS CENTERS, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: December 10, 2010.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES LIFESAVING LEGISLATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: December 8, 2010.

NATIONAL NETWORK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE APPLAUDS PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SIGNING LIFESAVING LEGISLATION, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: December 20, 2010.

REAUTHORIZE THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT (FVPSA), National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: 2010.

SENATE PASSES VITAL LEGISLATION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: December 3, 2010.

STATEMENT FROM PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS ON THE REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT AND THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT, The White House, Washington, DC: December 10, 2010.

URGE THE HOUSE TO PASS THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES ACT NOW!, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: December 6, 2010.

FORCIBLE RAPE CLAUSE IN ABORTION LEGISLATION

"FORCIBLE RAPE" CLAUSE REMOVED FROM CHRIS SMITH BILL, Feminist News, Feminist Majority Foundation, February 4, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Feminist Majority Foundation.

ADVOCATES STAND AGAINST NARROW RAPE EXEMPTION IN ABORTION LEGISLATION, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, February 3, 2011. Position Statement.

CONGRESS INTRODUCES BILL THAT SHARPLY LIMITS ABORTION COVERAGE FOR RAPE SURVIVORS, Legal Momentum, Washington, DC: February 1, 2011.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT RAPE?, Jeanette Friedman, February 2011.

FRANKEN, GRASSLEY, FEINSTEIN, HATCH INTRODUCE JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ACT, U.S. Senators Al Franken, Chuck Grassley, Dianne Feinstein and Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: November 5, 2009. S.2736.

FY 2012 BUDGET RESOLUTION, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget, Washington, DC: April 2011.

THE PATH TO PROSPERITY RESTORING AMERICA'S PROMISE FY 2012 BUDGET RESOLUTION

SUMMARY OF THE FY 2012 BUDGET RESOLUTION

A CONTRAST IN BUDGETS (House Resolution v. President's budget)

HEARING ON THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT: BUILDING ON SEVENTEEN YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, testimony by Michael Shaw of Waypoint Services for Women, Children and Families, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC: July 13, 2011.

HELP FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE, Christina Ricci, The Huffington Post, September 9, 2009. Copyright © 2009 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc.

HELPING CHILDREN AND VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Lynn Rosenthal, The White House, Council on Women and Girls, Washington, DC: December 6, 2010.

THE IMPORTANCE OF INJURY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESEARCH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING (part 1 and part 2), Linda Degutis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Washington, DC: July 26, 2011.

IN-DISTRICT LOBBYING GUIDE, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: February 2008.

INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (I-VAWA)

BIDEN COMMEMORATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY URGES COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: March 7, 2008.

HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE EXAMINES INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Speaking Up (volume 15, issue 15, pages 2-3), Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: November 23, 2009.

I-VAWA INTRODUCED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Speaking Up (volume 14, issue 7), Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: June 3, 2008. More about I-VAWA.

THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT SPECIAL ISSUE, Speaking Up (volume 13, issue 16), Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: November 16, 2007. International Violence Against Women Act of 2007– S. 2279.

INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT INTRODUCED, NewsFlash, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: November 1, 2007. International Violence Against Women Act of 2007– S. 2279.

INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 2007– S. 2279, U.S. Senators Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Richard G. Lugar, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: October 31, 2007.

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FULFILLS CORE ELEMENT OF I-VAWA, Futures Without Violence, San Francisco, CA: May 5, 2011.

PUSH TO PASS I-VAWA DURING 'LAME DUCK' SESSION OF CONGRESS, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: November 16, 2010.

SIGN THE I-VAWA PETITION, Speaking Up (volume 13, issue 7), Family Violence Prevention Fund, Washington, DC: June 13, 2007. I-VAWA Petition.

SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT TODAY!, Women Thrive Worldwide, Washington, DC: 2010.

URGE YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO CO-SPONSOR THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: January 22, 2010.

YOU HAVE THE POWER: END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS WORLDWIDE (I-VAWA), Amnesty International, Family Violence Prevention Fund and Women Thrive Worldwide, Spring 2008.

IT'S UNANIMOUS: CONGRESS PASSES LAW TO PROTECT PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS, Randy Kreider, The Blotter, ABC News, Washington, DC: November 1, 2011. Copyright © 2011 ABC News.

MARK-UP HEARING OF PEACE CORPS-RELATED LEGISLATION (webcast), U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Washington, DC: September 21, 2011.

Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011

Letter to Committee on New Training for Volunteers, Aaron S. Williams, Peace Corps, September 13, 2011

Peace Corps Hearing Affidavits

Sexual Assault in the Peace Corps: Fact Sheet

NNEDV WELCOMES MOVE TO REAUTHORIZE LIFE-SAVING LEGISLATION, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: November 19, 2009. FVPSA Reauthorization Act of 2009 (HR 4116).

OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SUBJECT OF HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING, The Source on Women's Issues in Congress (volume 11, number 84), Women's Policy, Inc., Washington, DC: March 14, 2008.

POVERTY DATA FROM THE 2010 CENSUS BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, Half in Ten, Washington, DC: September 22, 2011.

PRESIDENT BUSH REQUESTS FUNDING CUTS THAT ENDANGER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: February 5, 2008.

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BUDGET AND THE WHITE HOUSE 'S COMMITMENT TO COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Lynn Rosenthal, The White House, Council on Women and Girls, Washington, DC: February 18, 2011. Budget background memo.

RAINN URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE USE OF DNA IN SOLVING RAPE CASES, Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), Washington, DC: April 10, 2008. Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR 5057).

RAPE KIT BACKLOG BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feminist News, Feminist Majority Foundation, Arlington, VA: November 20, 2009. Justice for Survivors of Sexual Assault Act of 2009 (HR 4114).

THE REWRITING TO IMPROVE AND SECURE AN EXIT (RISE) OUT OF POVERTY ACT

Comparison of Current Law and RISE, Congressional Research Service, November 30, 2011

Congresswoman Gwen Moore Introduces the RISE Act, Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Washington, DC: December 7, 2011

Estimated TANF Block Grant Under the RISE Proposal, Congressional Research Service, November 29, 2011

Legal Momentum Supports the RISE Act, Legal Momentum, New York, NY: December 6, 2011. TANF Reauthorization: Building a Social Safety Net that Works for Women and Families

Summary of the RISE Out of Poverty Act, Congressional Research Service, December 1, 2011

STATE-BY-STATE FACT SHEETS FOR SUPER-COMMITTEE ADVOCACY, National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC: August 19, 2011.

 

 

 



 


 

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