Looks as if we have more time to pick up those telephones and start making a difference!

"You can reach any senator through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121."

I don't necessarily agree with RADAR and specifically, VAWA because we already had/have laws on the books and still do that cover violence from a Constitutional law viewpoint that requires "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" as opposed to the nebulous "preponderance of the evidence" as found in Civil Courts.

RADAR, in my opinion, does not believe that we can stop the VAWA behemoth and therefore "settles" by including men in the definition and a recognition that women are at least as violent as men and in many studies, MORE violent.

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This is their announcement:

Senate Puts Off Vote on Controversial VAWA

Despite enormous pressure by VAWA advocates, the Senate failed to
vote on the Violence Against Women Act yesterday. We believe the
reason for the delay is that bill contains a number of contentious
issues. The Senate has now adjourned, and will come back into
session this coming Wednesday.

This is good news for us, because it gives us a few more days to get
our message across.

At this point, this is what we are asking for:

1. The Senate bill needs to include clear and explicit language
that clarifies that male DV victims are entitled to service. The
Senate bill currently has male-inclusive language, but we want to
make it much stronger.
2. The bill needs to remove specific references to women and
girls, to make the language gender-neutral.

Watch for RADAR's Alert coming out this Monday morning.

In the meantime, if you want to contact your Senator at their local
office on Monday or Tuesday, that's fine.

But it's important that we stay on message – see points 1. and 2.
above. If you request other changes to VAWA, it will dilute the key
message that advocates for equal treatment are trying to make.