VAWA Passes, All Nay Votes Are Republicans
The GOP’s not very subtle war on women’s rights
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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
Patricia Kayden
Way to go, male Republican Senators!! I still don't understand the opposition to a straightforward law. But I guess everything is controversial under this administration.
Way to go, male Republican Senators!! I still don't understand the opposition to a straightforward law. But I guess everything is controversial under this administration.4/27/12 10:33:46 am
Frank says: