get them the relief that this bill offers. that s what we want to do. it s our priority, we must move and act on this bill. leader cantor and his fellow house republicans will move an act on the vawa. whether they now intend for it to protect all women remains a giant question mark. let me welcome my guests, author, laura sanders, co-founder of the non-profit, a long walk home. co-founder of mentors and prevention and founder of saving promise. let s start with the gentleman at the table who cares a lot about women in this abuse situation. when you hear this kind of discourse, do you get the sense that these congressmen get it? they know what this act can in fact do? well, what i hear are men who
you know, i, as a gentleman, care very deeply about women and the abuse situation that, we need to get them the relief that this bill offers. that was house majority leader and virginia gentleman eric cantor yesterday shefl russly declaring compassion for women in the abuse situation. a word to the wise, awkward proclamations of empathy don t always ring true. i love you women. in fact, while the senate voted to take out the violence against women act this week with just eight republicans against it, it remains unclear what gentleman cantor and the house republicans will do with the bill when it arrives in the lower chamber. in had 2012 the senate passed the bill, but was left to die a
slow death at the hands of speaker john boehner and eric cantor who never brought the senate version to the floor. perhaps there is ru knee hope for those in the abuse situation. this year even republicans are begging the house gop to make it right. this is not and never should be a partisan issue. this is an equal opportunity crime. it is an issue that deserves bipart sfwlan support. we have talked about the great emelioration of 2012, and we talk about immigration, we talk about gun laws, and we talk bay kinder, gentler fiscal message. the woman piece seems to be the no-brainer in all of this, and it remains shocking to me that they would still hold this legislation up months after it first came to the senate. the name of the bill ichts is such a question of optics for the party. i mean, i think, you know, they
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