On February 12, 2013, at a press conference, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, hailed the Senate's passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (S.47). The bill, which passed the Senate this afternoon in a 78-22 vote, would renew and expand the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which had expired in September 2011.

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