While Republicans and Democrats continue to argue over the reauthorization of VAWA in the Senate, the Department of Justice put thier own two cents into the debate. According to the Daily Beast: 

Spoiler alert: they're on the side of right. 

In June, the DOJ sent nearly 40 pages of comments on the House bill to members of Congress. While the comments were largely negative—the department wrote that it “opposes” the vast majority of the proposed amendments—the DOJ said it supported the inclusion of dating partners as possible domestic violence perpetrators. The change, they wrote, would extend federal firearms protections “to victims whose current or former dating partners have been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses.” 

This is crazy, guys. At this point, we even have the Department of Justice saying this needs to be implemented, and we still can't get it through Congress because Republican Joni Ernst claims the issue is too political? 

If you think that's as ridiculous as I do, call her office demanding Congress pass the bipartisan House approved VAWA legislation.

Will you contact Joni Ernst's office demanding that she pass the House approved VAWA bill? 

Write to her:

Senator Joni Ernst 

730 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Tweet her @senjoniernst  (use the hashtag #DOJsupportsVAWA to ask her why she still refuses to support violence against women) 

Call her: (202) 224-3254

And by the way, please share my article on Medium explaining why we need to reauthorize VAWA NOW!