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January 15, 2012
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Just before their holiday break, the House and Senate finally approved by unanimous consent the House bill extending TANF funding through February 2012. Without the bill, funding for the program would have expired on December 31, 2011. The program will need to be reauthorized in the current budget negotiations. MORE INFO

2011

August 18, 2011
The Budget Control Act of 2011. Congress and the Administration reached an agreement to increase the debt ceiling a few weeks ago, but the legislation requires some cuts to spending that will affect women and families. The Act had three parts: MORE INFO

June 24, 2011
Women’s Caucus Task Force Chairs named. In late spring Reps. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Gwen Moore (D-WI), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, announced the Women’s Caucus task force co-chairs for the 112th Congress. MORE INFO

April 14, 2011
Current Status of the Budget for FY 2011: On April 8, 2011, Republicans and Democrats announced that they reached an agreement as to a budget measure that would provide funding for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends on September 30, 2011. MORE INFO

February 15, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives is voting this week on a Continuing Resolution to provide funding for the federal government for the rest of the 2011 fiscal year. The House budget plan contains substantial cuts to a number of programs, and would completely eliminate current year funding for Title X, the National Family Planning Program, which is now funding 4,500 family planning clinics at $327 million. MORE INFO

January 31, 2011
Congressman Christopher Smith (R-NJ) has introduced the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," a bill designed to limit the circumstances under which federally subsidized insurance programs would pay for abortions. MORE INFO

January 5, 2011
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have approved a final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, which eliminates the Burris Amendment, a provision that would have allowed women to obtain privately funded abortions at military facilities. MORE INFO

2010

December 15, 2010
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), up for reauthorization this year, is a federal grant program and the single largest funding source for services for domestic violence victims and their children. MORE INFO

December 15, 2010
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 (S. 2982). MORE INFO

December 9, 2010
The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is scheduled to consider the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 (S. 2982) on December 14, 2010. MORE INFO

December 8, 2010
On November 18, 2010, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) held a hearing on ratification by the United States of the United Nation’s Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). MORE INFO

December 8, 2010
The Paycheck Fairness Act hit a roadblock on November 17, 2010, when Senate Republicans blocked a vote on the Act. MORE INFO

June 23, 2010
NAWL Finds Solicitor General Elena Kagan To Be "Well-Qualified" For The Position of Associate Justice of The United States Supreme Court. MORE INFO

May 11, 2010
NAWL to Evaluate Nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to Supreme Court. MORE INFO

May 10, 2010
NAWL Releases Statement on Oklahoma Abortion Legislation. MORE INFO

April 30, 2010
NAWL Legislative Update April 2010. The Global Democracy Promotion Act

February 3, 2010
On February 2, 2010 the White House held a conference call: Violence Against Women Priorities in the Budget on February 2, 2010. The Office of the Vice President highlighted the increased budget requests for programs to combat violence against women. MORE INFO

January 20, 2010
Status of legislation introduced in 2009 and reported in NAWL Legislative Updates in 2009. In sum, only one bill NAWL focused upon became law, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. MORE INFO

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