Washington Letter December 2011

     

    Federal Government

    “Minibus” Appropriations Bill Signed; LSC Funded at $348 Million for FY 2012

    ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III vowed last month that the ABA will work diligently with Congress to seek restoration of lost and desperately needed funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) after President Obama signed into law a fiscal year 2012 appropriations package that cut the corporation’s funding by $56 million to $348 million.

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    VAWA Reauthorization Legislation Unveiled in Senate

    The ABA commended Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho) for sponsoring legislation last month to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which the association emphasized has provided, since it original enactment in 1994, life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of women, men and children who are victims of domestic, sexual, stalking and dating violence.