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Ending violence against women and protecting victims of crime and labor exploitation shouldn’t be controversial to anyone. These goals are so universally shared that when Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, in 1994, and reauthorized it every six years thereafter, no one batted an eyelash. But this year, the well-worn tradition of reauthorizing this essential legislation has turned into an opportunity to attack women and endanger victims of crime.
 
Although the Senate has passed a bipartisan bill reauthorizing VAWA and strengthening protections for victims of crime, House Republicans have introduced H.R. 4970, which drastically undercuts existing protections.

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