Thursday, April 26, 2012
5:16 PM
Kohl, Johnson split on Violence Against Women Act
The Senate voted Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act 68-31, with Wisconsin's senators splitting on the measure.
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Milwaukee, voted in favor of the act, which expired last year, saying the bill includes a number of his efforts to curb abuse of the elderly.
“This reauthorizing legislation builds upon proven prevention and support strategies and includes new provisions to address the changing and still unmet needs of victims,” Kohl said in a statement.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, however, voted against the bill. The Oshkosh Republican criticized a number of GOP alternatives shot down by Dems and said in a statement that debate on the bill "was completely politicized by the Senate Democratic leadership."
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