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Senate Reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act

by KREX News Room
by John Dias

Story Created: Feb 14, 2013 at 3:58 PM MDT

Story Updated: Feb 14, 2013 at 3:58 PM MDT

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- An increase in campus safety may be on the horizon, after the US Senate's recent reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.

Colorado US Senator Michael Bennet co-sponsored the bill.

It includes his "SAFER Act," which would help reduce the national backlog of rape kits and also incorporates the "Campus SaVe Act." This act is a provision that aims to increase safety on college campuses.
T
he bill now moves to the House of Representatives.

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Disgusted said on Friday, Feb 15 at 12:57 AM

Sen Bennet? Didn't he vote yes on the job-killing travesty known as Obummercare passed by democrat cowards too afraid to debate it in public on Christmas Eve, 2009?

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