HuffPo article, with excerpt:
During a VAWA press conference earlier Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said she is “completely baffled” why House Republican leaders wouldn’t put the Senate bill on the House floor for a vote. She took direct aim at Cantor, who she said she heard is planning to put forward an entirely new VAWA bill this week that leaves out the Senate’s added protections.
“In negotiations over this bill, [Cantor] has indicated that he is set to leave out protections for tribal women … that he wants to leave off protections for the LGBT community once again, and that he will leave out many of the recent immigrants who find themselves with nowhere to turn when they are victims of domestic violence,” Murray said.
Tulalip Tribal Vice-Chair Deborah Parker Press Release: DEBORAH PARKER VAWA PRESS RELEASE
Galanda Broadman blog post.
Turtle Talk 