- A handful of Republicans are calling our side and asking for info and cover because they MIGHT vote against Adams.
- Please copy and paste the great NOW letter below into an email and blind copy the emails of the e-addresses of the staff of the representatives in your state. With just a note like “Alabama NOW opposes the Adams vawa bill – “ the national NOW letter does the rest of the work for you.
- For those of you in the states listed below call the Republican offices listed…esp in Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
May 16,
2012
Dear
Representative,
The
National Organization for Women, with hundreds of thousands of members and
supporters across the nation, including many in your home district, is
adamantly opposed to the divisive, exclusionary version of the Violence Against
Women Act that will be considered on the House floor tomorrow. Sponsored
by Representative Sandy Adams (R-Fla.) and voted out of the Judiciary Committee
17-15 last week, H.R. 4790 not only strips important provisions that were
passed by a bipartisan Senate vote of 68-31, but also changes and weakens many
initiatives and preventive provisions that have been included in VAWA by both
Republicans and Democrats over the past 18 years.
House
Republican leadership has refused so far to allow open debate on the House
floor and short-circuited discussion and votes on less hurtful and more
inclusive amendments. The bill leaves out many means of addressing
violence, including improved campus and housing measures, and helping victims
escape violence and not lose their livelihood by assuring coverage under
unemployment insurance, and it fails to continue the requirement that program
recipients consult with professionals in the domestic violence and sexual
assault community.
Acknowledging
that the Adams bill included life-threatening provisions for immigrant victims
of sexual assault and domestic violence, the House leadership has dropped some,
but not all, of these hastily crafted sections. But the bill, in the
words of The New York Times editorial, is still "atrocious." It
disregards the biases and disrespect that certain victims face when seeking
help from the criminal justice system and access to lifesaving services,
effectively giving second-class treatment to Native American, immigrant and
LGBT victims. The bill smacks of willful ignorance of the problem and
hostility to people deemed not to be "true" victims.
NOW is not
alone in our opposition to this bill. Religious, law enforcement, health
care and anti-violence professionals have all asked you to oppose the Adams
bill. We have no hidden agenda and no political motives. Our united
goal is to pass a "real" VAWA reauthorization to continue and expand
services for victims while holding perpetrators accountable for their
crimes.
Constituents
all over the country will be watching this vote and asking their members who
voted for the Adams bill, "How could you support a bill that puts victims
in danger and shields abusers?"
NOW
considers a vote for H.R. 4970 a vote against VAWA. Please stand up for all
victims of violence and oppose H.R. 4970. Those Congress members who cannot
stand up for all victims should not expect voters to stand up for them.
For women's
lives,
Your Name
Any organization you represent
Emails
Any organization you represent
Emails
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Alabama
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Martha
Roby, 2nd District
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Arkansas
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Mike
Ross, 4th District
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California
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Daniel
Lungren, 3rd District
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Jeff
Denham, 19th District
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Kevin
McCarthy, 22nd District
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Gary
Miller, 42nd District
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Mark Bono
Mack, 45th District
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John
Campbell, 48th District
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Darrell
Issa, 49th District
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Brian
Billbray, 50th District
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Mike
Thompson, 1st District
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Colorado
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Scott
Tipton, 3rd District
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Mike
Coffman, 6th District
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Florida
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Steve
Southerland, II, 2nd District
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Daniel
Webster, 8th District
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Vern
Buchanan, 13th District
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Ileana
Ros-Lehtinen, 18th District
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Mario
Diaz-Balart, 21st District
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Allen
West, 22nd District
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Sandy
Adams, 24th District
(Bill
Author)
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David
Rivera, 25th District
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Georgia
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Tom
Price, 6th District
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John
Barrow 12th District
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David Scott,
13th District
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Sanford
Bishop, 2nd District
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Illinois
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Robert
Dold, 10th District
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Judy
Biggert, 13th District
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Timothy
Johnson, 15th District
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Bobby
Schilling, 17th District
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Aaron
Schock, 18th District
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Indiana
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Joe
Donnelly, 2nd District
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Kansas
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Lynn
Jenkins, 2nd District
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Kentucky
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Ben
Chandler, 6th District
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Maine
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Mike
Michaud, 2nd District
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Maryland
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Roscoe
Bartlett, 6th District
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Michigan
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Dan
Benishek, 1st District
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Candice
Miller, 10th District
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Minnesota
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Michele
Bachmann, 6th District
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Chip
Cravaack, 8th District
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Collin
Peterson, 7th District
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Missouri
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Vicky
Hartzler, 4th District
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Jo Ann
Emerson, 8th District
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Nevada
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Mark
Amodei, 2nd District
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Joe Heck,
3rd District
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New
Hampshire
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Charles
Bass, 2nd District
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New
Jersey
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Frank
Lobiondo, 2nd District
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John
Runyan, 3rd District
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New York
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Robert
Turner, 9th District
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Michael
Grimm, 13th District
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Nan
Hayworth, 19th District
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Chris
Gibson, 20th District
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Ann Marie
Buerkle, 25th District
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North
Carolina
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Renee
Ellmers, 2nd District
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Virginia
Foxx, 5th District
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Sue
Myrick, 9th District
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Heath
Shuler, 11th District
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Larry Kissell, 8th District
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Mike McIntyre,7th District
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(202)
225-273
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Ohio
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Jean
Schmidt, 2nd District
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John
Boehner, 8th District (Speaker)
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Steven
LaTourette, 14th District
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Steve
Stivers, 15th District
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James
Renacci, 16th District
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Oklahoma
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Dan Boren
(OK-2)
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Oregon
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Kurt
Schrader, 5th District
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Pennsylvania
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Jim
Gerlack, 6th District
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Patrick
Meehan, 7th District
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Michael
Fitzpatrick, 8th District
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Charlie
Dent, 15th District
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