re: #105 Belafon

The one thing I have never understood is why bills like this have time limits.

re: #106 Eclectic Cyborg

These fucking assholes.

That’s why.

Dems: Propose a violence against women act.
GOP: No, not without a trade, MOAR TAX CUTS
Dems: Okay
GOP: (adds language to limit term of bill)
Dems then must vote for a watered-down bill, or no bill (then the GOP can claim Dems aren’t serious about this issue).

This a feature of conservative governments, not a bug. Conservatives, especially religious conservatives, disdain equal rights for women. Note Russia basically legalised domestic violence against women recently. Violence is a feature in most majority-Muslim countries.