VAWA Passes, All Nay Votes Are Republicans
The bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 has passed the Senate, and every single Senator who voted against it was a Republican man.
(h/t: Gus.)
The full list:
NAYs — 31
Barrasso (R-WY) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK) Cochran (R-MS) Cornyn (R-TX) DeMint (R-SC) Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC) | Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (R-WI) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee (R-UT) Lugar (R-IN) McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS) | Paul (R-KY) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Wicker (R-MS) |
An infographic tweeted by ThinkProgress:
Today in the Senate, 31 GOP men voted AGAINST the Violence Against Women Act. All 5 GOP women voted FOR it twitter.com/thinkprogress/…
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) April 26, 2012