FOXNews.com: Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill

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Senate tries again to move anti-violence bill Feb 4th 2013, 15:29 Published February 04, 2013 Associated Press The Senate is trying again to accomplish what Congress failed to do last year -- extend the federal government's chief means of protecting women from domestic abuse while broadening those protections for Native Americans, gays and lesbians. Both the Democratic-led Senate and the GOP House last year passed extensions of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, but the two chambers were unable to bridge a partisan divide and reach a compromise. With Republican losses among women voters in the November election still a fresh memory, Senate advocates are hoping that it will be easier this year to find common ground with House Republicans. The Senate bill coming up for a test vote on Monday essentially is the same as the measure that easily passed the Senate last April.

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