House Republicans have picked up right where they left off last session, by refusing to compromise with a bipartisan coalition of Senators to extend the Violence Against Women Act. Failing to extend VAWA means funding that goes toward state and local domestic abuse prevention and treatment programs will dry up. But that's exactly the point. When Mitt Romney blames his loss on the fact that President Obama campaigned promising women voters "gifts" ...

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House Republicans have picked up right where they left off last session, by refusing to compromise with a bipartisan coalition of Senators to extend the Violence Against Women Act. Failing to extend VAWA means funding that goes toward state and local domestic abuse prevention and treatment programs will dry up. But that's exactly the point. When Mitt Romney blames his loss on the fact that President Obama campaigned promising women voters "gifts" like free contraception and Paul Ryan laments the "urban vote," it is going to take a lot more than a Bobby Jindal scolding to suggest that the GOP is anything but a party of spiteful old men.

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Authors Bio:

Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.