Materials Opposing Republican Violence Against Women Act: H.R. 4970

Minority Dear Colleagues

• 5/16/12 - Judiciary Committee - Minority Staff:  Dear Colleague:  A Vote for H.R. 4970 is a Vote Against VAWA
• 5/15/12 - Dear Colleague:  Partisanship and the Violence Against Women Act
• 5/15/12 - Judiciary Committee: Dear Colleague:  Guest commentary: Congress must not weaken the Violence Against Women Act
• 5/15/12 - Immigration, Judiciary: Dear Colleague: OP-ED: H.R. 4970 Undermines VAWA Protections
• 5/14/12 - Judiciary: Dear Colleague: ICYMI: New York Times VAWA Editorial
• 5/13/12 - Government, Judiciary: Dear Colleague: The Cantor/Adams VAWA Bill Eliminates Existing Protections for Battered Women

Minority Dissenting Views on H.R. 4970

Letters

• 5/08/12 - American Civil Liberties Union
• 5/07/12 - Nat. Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
• 5/07/12 - American Civil Liberties Union
• 5/07/12 - Law Enforcement Officials Group
• 5/07/12 - Leadership Conferencve on Civil and Human Rights
• 5/07/12 - Coalition of Religious Orgs.
• 5/0712 - Human Rights Campaign
• 5/07/12 - Nat. Council of Negro Women
• 5/04/12 - Immigrant Victims Coalition
• 5/04/12 - American Immigration Lawyers Assoc.
• 5/04/12 - Futures Without Violence
• 5/03/12 - Nat. Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
• 5/03/12 - NACDL & NAFD
• 5/03/12 - Nat. Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• 5/03/12 - Nat. Congress of American Indians
• 5/03/12 - Nat. Council of Jewish Women
• 4/30/12 - La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians

Post Markup VAWA Letters

• 5/21/12 - Nat. Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• 5/15/12 - Nat. Assoc. of Evangelicals
• 5/15/12 - Nat. Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
• 5/15/12 - Human Rights Campaign
• 5/15/12 - Coalition Against Religious Discrimination
• 5/15/12 - Nat. Orgization for Women
• 5/15/12 - Nat. Congress of American Indians
• 5/14/12 - Coalition of advocates on behalf of immigrant victims
• 5/14/12 - Orgs. groups against violence victims
• 5/14/12 - American Bar Assoc.
• 5/14/12 - Asian American Justice Center
• 5/14/12 - Nat. Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• 5/14/12 - 150 Nat. Victim Advocacy Groups
• 5/14/12 - Leadership Conf. on Civil and Human Rights
• 5/14/12 - Nat. Council on Jewish Women
• 5/14/12 - Faith-Based Orgs. & Leaders
• 5/09/12 - Nat. Network to End Domestic Violence

Articles/Editorials

• 5/21/12 - THE HILL | Congress Blog — Setting the record straight on the Violence Against Women Act
• 5/16/12 - CNN Opinion — Protect immigrant women from violence
• 5/15/12 - Detroit Free Press | freep.com — Guest commentary: Why the House version of the Violence Against Women Act is bad for women
• 5/15/12 - Los Angeles Times | OPINION — Partisanship and the Violence Against Women's Act
• 5/15/12 - POLITICO | GOP Scrambles to Assuage Women's Groups
• 5/15/12 - Washington Post | American Indians seek protection from abuse by non-Indians in House domestic violence bill