VAWA (S. 1925) passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 2nd on a straight party-line vote despite the fact that 5 of the 38 Senate sponsors are Republican.  BUT there's no time to rest on our laurels or wonder what went wrong with our former champions.  If we want the bill passed in the Senate, then the House, then signed by the President before this year is over we simply need more sponsors, more voices calling for support for VAWA.

Senators Leahy (D-VT) and Crapo (R-ID) want to bring the Violence Against Women Act (S. 1925) to the Senate floor for a vote before April 1 in order to avoid the fray of budget/appropriations/campaign politics.  BUT we'll need 60 votes to avoid a filibuster and secure a Senate floor vote and passage.

We can do this.  Please go to www.4vawa.org for what you can do.  Use the target list to call Senators, the tool kit, fact sheets and talking points to mount a local awareness and advocacy campaign.  And most of all, forward this alert to others.

Don't live in any of the target states? Thank your Senators who are sponsors and then forward this alert to your friends and family who do.  Thank you for taking action.