POLITICS
Domestic violence bill suddenly controversial
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012
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domestic violence programs and law enforcement.
But this year's version includes some new provisions, extending domestic violence programs to same-sex couples, giving Native American tribes more prosecution powers, and enabling some illegal immigrants who have been battered to get temporary visas.
"Is the danger any less real because you happen to be gay or lesbian? I don't think so!" Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, Calif.) declared on the Senate floor.
But Republicans accuse Democrats of playing politics with domestic violence.
"I have cautioned my Republican colleagues not to walk into a trap," says moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine.
She
domestic violence programs and law enforcement.
But this year's version includes some new provisions, extending domestic violence programs to same-sex couples, giving Native American tribes more prosecution powers, and enabling some illegal immigrants who have been battered to get temporary visas.
"Is the danger any less real because you happen to be gay or lesbian? I don't think so!" Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, Calif.) declared on the Senate floor.
But Republicans accuse Democrats of playing politics with domestic violence.
"I have cautioned my Republican colleagues not to walk into a trap," says moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine.
She
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