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=14 March 2012 = =Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle =

Currently, many women are trying to take over in Washington to renew the Violence Against Women Act. The act needs to be renewed so that is may continue to help and protect women. It is currently being challenged by many people of the conservative ideals. Many women are trying to make sure that the opposition won’t take women’s rights and acts away. Some republicans are supportive of the act, but it has been revised to have additional parts that many conservatives don’t support. The new revisions will include more help for abused women with housing and even help with the crimes against stalking and having to be with family members with a history of violence. The act would even help illegal immigrants that have been abused to have a temporary visa and even would give the benefits to same-sex couples. The Republicans are still sticking to their roots and not accepting the exceptions for the immigration and same-sex benefits.
 * Summary: **

I believe that this article is relevant to the course and what we have been learning about. Recently, we had discussed many acts that FDR had created to help with the great depression. Like those acts, this act is trying to be continued so that the benefits may help many people. This also relates to the earlier curriculum when we were discussing other acts that would affect the early U.S. and many rights. We had discussed how the women wanted fairer treatment in the working area. They had to fight for their rights just like these women are doing. They had to defeat the doubts of then men and opposing views. The women who are fighting this act are trying to keep it and move it forward against the Republican Party and conservative viewers.
 * Relevance to Course: **

This relates to the theme of Political and Citizenship. It deals with the civil rights of certain American people. This article specifically deals with the political challenges to get civil rights work and acts done for women. It had explained the specific civil rights of women and how they are still trying to continue the expansion of their rights. It had given specific causes they have been fighting for, such as helping immigrants who have had problems. Politically, it has been a fight between the two political parties. The controversy has created tension on whether or not the revisions should be accepted or not. This article is explain the development of these issues. It goes into details of how these issues are an expanding controversy and are important to address for the peoples sake. The Republicans are fighting for what they believe are the traditional American values. This is a varying controversy that will continue to go on and has to do majorly with political views and movements.
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 * Questions: **
 * 1) How long will they continue the arguing?
 * 2) Is there specific laws that prevent certain acts from going through?
 * 3) Is there a certain time until the Act will be put in place when passed?
 * 4) Will this affect specific women in age?
 * 5) Will the people have a say in whether or not it goes through?
 * 6) Could the people change the current Act?
 * 7) Does any of the denial to the Act go against the Constitution?

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Work Cited ** =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Weisman, Jonathan.“Women Figure Anew in Senate’s Latest Battle”. Nytimes.com. The New York Times, 14 March. 2012. Web. 15 March. 2012. = =<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/us/politics/violence-against-women-act-divides-senate.html?ref=politics> =