Date: April 26, 2012
Subject: Domestic Violence Laws
Description: Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, that greatly expands the definition of domestic violence. The bill bans organizations that receive federal grants from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. ACU opposes the growth of this program into a $455 million bureaucracy that has been repeatedly cited by the Inspector General for unauthorized and unallowable expenditures and opposed this bill.
Result: Bill Passed, 68-31
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