The Violence Against Women Act, which was sponsored by Joe Biden, was first passed 25 years ago. Here's what to know about the law. Joe Biden described the bill as his “proudest legislative ...

Sen. Marco Rubio was among the 22 GOP senators who voted against reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act – a law that the Florida Republican said he largely supports but couldn’t ...

How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women The provision of the 1994 Crime Bill sponsored by then-Senator Joe Biden has contributed to mass incarceration and state violence. Abigail Higgins ...

The Violence Against Women Act lapsed in 2018, but amid alarming reports about a rise in domestic violence during pandemic lockdowns, lawmakers were persuaded of the urgent need to reinstate it ...

The Violence Against Women Act expired in 2018, and was temporarily extended until February 2019, when it expired again. The House voted to reauthorize it for five years in April 2019, ...

In all likelihood, the Senate will easily approve the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act today, and the vote will be rather lopsided. But it won't be unanimous -- last year, most ...

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was first written nearly three decades ago by then-Sen. Joe Biden, and for many years, it was seen as a relatively uncontroversial — and bipartisan — policy.

Congressional negotiators are poised to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in the fiscal 2022 spending package unveiled early Wednesday, setting the measure on a fast track for passage.

The Violence Against Women Act is once again up for debate and a vote in the Senate. The previous iteration of the bill failed last year, having stalled in the Senate after complaints concerning ...

The Violence Against Women Act suffered a small setback in 2000 when the Supreme Court ruled part of the law unconstitutional. That decision centered on a lawsuit brought by a woman who had ...

In the not-too-distant past, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was relatively uncontroversial. When the legislation, written in large part by then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), was first approved ...