Congress Enacts Historic Legislation to Help Indian Tribes Combat Violence Against Native Women

(February 28, 2013) Today, by a vote of 286 to 138, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. Because the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 78 to 22, passed the same VAWA reauthorization bill on February 12, it will now be presented to the President … Read more