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Tell Congress to reauth the Violence Against Women Act

On December 17th, the current version of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is set to expire, reducing services, removing funding stability, and potentially eliminating existing and future programs that benefit thousands of women, children, and families across the country. It is critical that the U.S. Congress adds passing VAWA to their December legislative agenda and gets it passed before services are reduced and programs are eliminated.


Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have passed different versions of this vital legislation. Yet, though the December 17th deadline is rapidly approaching, congressional leaders have not scheduled a "conference committee" to resolve the differences between the bills to create one final bill to send to President Bush for his signature.


It's time for Congressional leaders to pass VAWA 2005 now. The National Organization for Women is circulating a petition this week urging the Republican and Democratic leaders in both the Senate and the House to expedite this process and reauthorize VAWA.


Please join together with thousands of others in supporting this vital legislation and encouraging congressional leaders to create a final bill to send to the president before the current version of the VAWA expires on December 17th, 2005.


For more information and to sign the VAWA petition, please visit: http://www.now.org/issues/violence/11-28-05vawaupdate.html

posted by RedHotMuslBear @ 12:09 PM