The landmark legislation expired in late December due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
Lawmakers have extended the Violence Against Women Act for a few more weeks thanks to Friday’s continuing resolution to temporarily reopen the federal government.
The landmark legislation expired in late December due to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted 35 days before President Donald Trump on Friday announced he would reopen the government until Feb. 15. The shutdown also delayed payments to some VAWA-funded programs under the Justice Department.
“What kind of country allows its Violence Against Women Act to expire?” actor and Me Too activist Alyssa Milano tweeted last month.
View the complete January 27 article by Sanjana Karanth on the Huffington Post website here.