joining us is the congresswoman that introduced that bill sandy adams. you here and we have learned that you have added an element to this bill that includes native americans and immigrants, but excludes members of the lgbt community. >> it does not exclude anyone. it is an all inclusive bill. it has always been an all inclusive bill. and what we have said is that we want it to remain an all inclusive bill. once you're including groups and leaving out groups, it's not all inclusi inclusive. >> do you list native americans? >> what we said was there was some concerns in the way they could approach using the bro protective rules and we have given them that in the u.s. legal courts. it's not listing victim or victim. what we are saying is that this bill is an all inclusive, if you're a victim, you're a victim. it's a victim centered piece of legislation because all victims are included. >> if it is a victim centered piece of legislation, why wouldn't there be terms about how minority -- >> you keep saying this premise that they're being excluded and they're

instance, with the violence against women act, republicans put forth a woman to introduce the act sandy adamsorida. she was actually a domestic violence victim. she didn't actually write the bill but they basically boehner chose her and said because you're a woman and you were abused, you're going to sponsor this and it is going to make us look less anti-woman here. we've got all of these republican women that are supporting it so how can it be a war on women. it is a war on democratic ideals. so i think that's the route that they're trying to take here. and i don't think that it is necessarily working. >> bill: it is a pretty smart strategy though, jamal. >> it is a smart shot. >> bill: cynical. >> smart shot if you decide you're trying to appeal to a bunch of people who would prefer to have an america where you know harriet was still in ozzy's kitchen, you know. rock hudson was still in the closet and lucy and ricky were the only interracial couple anybody had to think about. if you think that's the kind of america we ought to go back to which is what the republicans are selling, we have to

the native american provisions, sandy adams touted the fact they have rights in federal court.miles from those tribal lands. still, it does not provide them the tribal councils with the ability to make those arrests of non-tribal people, many of whom are the majority on tribal lands, and so there's a veritable sanctuary for sexual assault on tribal lands. same thing with visas. law enforcement cannot do what they have been doing and that is providing these visas when the woman is cooperating with them. instead, it creates additional hurdles and provides a lot more power for the abuser. >> congresswoman gwen moore. thanks for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we'll be back after this. sn] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. [ sneezes ] >> the first woman put in charge of training the drill instructors is fighting a legal battle to get her job back. tefr reis a king spent 6 months on suspens

certainly sandy adams, the author of the violence against women acts bill was a victim.ink people accept it as you know men's right to passage, men's rights as boyfriends and husbands. i even had a minister you know, once preach in church that he did not want men calling him at 3:00 in the morning asking him reverend where's that passage weis obey your husbands. weis obey your husbands as someone had once done. he admonished the parishioners to note please do not call me in the middle of the night asking me for that reference to be misused. i think that you know, that this bill is very, very frightening. i'm 61 years old stephanie. and so i've experienced abuse from you know for as long as i can remember back in childhood, age 4 and 5 years old. all the way through as a young adult. long before -- 20 years before the violence against women act was enacted on a bipartisan basis. and many of the provisions that were in this law are in current law because this hasn't passed are in current law, would have helped me and a number -- helped me in a number of ways. it would have

sandy adams $33,000 from the bank $156,000 -- i can't even -- look at all of this money.very one of them -- every one of those 15 tea party freshman republicans, as soon as they came into office, don't forget no, no banks where are you? we're here to defend you. give us money! you frauds! you hypocrites! you sellouts! let me show you the top five. look at these guys. stephen fincher, he gets the most because he is on the house committee on financial services. that's where they really need the sellouts for the banks. black did a terrific job of completing in the sellout category. joe walsh, $70,000. he should use some of that money to pay his child support he owes. and dennis ross, and tim huekcamp all taking money from the banks. my favorite is joel walsh because not only does he take the money, but he gets animated and angry about it. listen to this. >> i don't want government meddling in the marketplace! the government sets the rules! don't blame banks! and don't blame the marketplace for the mess we're in right now! i'm tired of hearing that crap! i am tired of hearing

democrat gwen moore of wisconsin and republican sandy adams of florida share a history of being abused by men they trusted. moore says she was attacked in her 20s by a friend who gave her a ride. >> and he decided to take a detour behind some buildings to rape me and choke me almost to death. >> reporter: adams fled an abusive marriage when she was a new mother barely out of her teens. >> the man i married had a penchant for drinking and was very violent when he drank. >> reporter: but the two women find themselves on opposite sides of a fight over the violence against women act. democrats say the bill needs to be modernized and their version expands protections to cover illegal immigrants, lesbian, gay, and transgender americans, and native americans, groups whose abuse complaints often get overlooked. but house republicans like adams say that's an election year stunt, singling out groups for special treatment. >> turning this reauthorization into a political issue is not only wrong but it's dangerous. it is dangerous. >> reporter: the democratic version passed the senate with some bi

. >> enter sandy adams, the republican from florida, who's trying to get the act passed in the house.ssue is close to her heart. she was a victim of domestic abuse. >> is this a war on women? >> no. >> congresswoman, why are democrats calling this a war on women then? >> politics. i guess it makes for good talking points, but it's not accurate. we are here trying to reauthorize a bill that would help all victims of domestic violence, and especially women. >> our kate bolduan, as you say got to sit down with sandy adams. she's joining me now live from washington. kate, this is where politics becomes so frustrating for so many people. this issue in particular, especially for women who have been impacted. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. and really politics are very much at the center of all of this. but where the controversy is at the moment and has been throughout is differences between the senate version of this -- of renewing this law and the house version. the senate version that passed with bipartisan support last month, it expanded current law and a couple of those measures i

congress won sandy adams said her of the aisle did not want to repolitcize the issue.t now goes to a congress committee of both houses to see if reconciliation is possible. president obama has promised a veto of any version that includes the restrictions and omissions a version given the realities of congressional reality will never reach his desk. joining me now representative jackie speer, democrat of california. congresswoman, you have been such a powerful voice for the expansive definition of violence against women for the bill as it should have been passed. how do you feel after the vote? >> i feel that the republicans are showing their hand. they want confrontation over compromise. at this junction we're not reauthorizing a bill that has been reauthorized three times before and bipartisan support, every senate republican woman member voted for it, we're spending our time now with republicans nickel-and-dimeing issues that should be part of the bill, including whether or not a native american woman can bring an action in her tribal court against her husband or dom

first is h.r. 4970, the violence against women's act re-authorization, sponsored by congresswoman sandy adams, herself a former sheriff. on the second -- our second rule bill, which will take up the remainder of the week, is h.r. 4310, the national defense authorization act, sponsored by chairman buck mckeon. this bipartisan bill provides for the funding of our armed services prior to the memorial day as is the house is appropriately accustomed. with that i thank the gentleman and i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information and if i can on the violence against women's act, a very important piece of legislation, which we have re-authorized in the past in a bipartisan fashion, can the gentleman tell me, it's under a rule, does the gentleman know whether it will be an open rule or whether there will be perhaps a modified open rule with amendments being printed, can the gentleman tell us? i have a lot of folks on my side of the aisle who are very interested in dealing with certain portions of that bill and they be interested to know whether or not it will be able to offer a

just recently the violence against women's act, that sandy adams proposed was an anti-violence againsten act verse of this bill. he has supported anti-woman efforts to slash spending programs that support women and that employ women. so right along the line mr. franks and the other cosponsors and the politicians that voted for this anti-abortion but bill, they have voted for a series of anti-women bills. the one thing they have right is that there is a war on women, and women are watching their hypocrisy and are not impressed. >> the last time we heard from franks, he was proposing a bill to limit voting rights for people in the district of columbia even though he is from arizona. now she is back with this. >> a number of papers said that sex selection growing especially in the asian immigrant community. >> congresswoman, academic papers that established this, how do you respond? >> i would say everybody opposed to any form of discrimination and sex selection, but that is not what was on the floor. it was a sham bill limiting a woman's access to health care and to reproductive rights.

point out that the board is meeting at 5:00 this afternoon, but the author of the bill, congressman sandy adams has in fact added something that would cover immigrants and native american s, but they call it a manager's amendment to the bill, reworking the language, so covers immigrants, covers native americans now, but still does not include the lgbt community, is that a compromise that you think the cdemocrats could look at? >> my understanding is that what it does with immigrant women is still create new barriers to help them and encourage them and work with law enforcement. my understanding that the law enforcement community is still opposed because they want to encourage cooperation so that immigrant women who may not have the status to be legal in this country, will voluntarily come and report the violence and then be eligible for the kind of visa that allows them to legally stay in the united states and even on their own without relying on their abusers status as a citizen to become citizens themselves. without that, and still having the fear of deportation, why are they going to go to l

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enter florida freshman republican sandy adams. >> i'm pretty certain i'm not at war with myself. >> reporterually keeps a relatively low profill. >> i went home and it's in florida. >> reporter: but she's stepping into the spotlight as the gop face over protecting victims of domestic violence. >> j is it more than politics and policy. >> when i was season i joined the air force and married. during the marriage i had a little girl and i realized my husband got to drinking and when he drank he turned very mean and very violent. we set out on our own, me without a high school diploma, just our clothes and i went out and i worked hard and we made it. that personal story could help republicans push against the violence against women act and deflect that they don't care about women. the 18-year-old law has been renewed twice before with little controversy, but not so this time around. senate democrats have their own version which extends coverage to more illegal immigrants and specifies the law include gay and lesbian victims. republicans say that's unnecessary, the law covers all victims. >> is t

. >> well, your colleague, representative sandy adams -- republican from florida said this yesterday.not to politicize it. >> that's why over 300 organizations, including evangelical churches service providers, law enforcement, u.s. conference of mayors all of these organizations have stood together opposing the bill that we actually passed yesterday in the house of representatives. and they are -- the bill that we voted for flies in the face of the bipartisan senate bill. the -- the national organization for women, human rights campaign, planned parenthood, all of the folks who supported the bipartisan senate bill which actually got 68 votes that's the bill we should have passed yesterday. >> obviously, as i said the white house has issued a veto threat. how do you see this playing out? >> this will go to conference next, and this is why i'm glad to be on your show highlighting the fact that we want to get a good bill in the conference. this affects all families. it affects every one of us. write to your senator, write to your members of conference so they push for a conference-clean

you have laid out a lot of that, and we did extend an invitation to the republican congresswoman sandy adamsthor of the republican bill, and she is also a survivor of domestic violence herself, and she was unable to join us due to a scheduling conflict, but congresswoman moore laid out the fundamental questions of the versions of the bill r and yes, the language of neutrality, but does neutrality actually end up leaving out or lelting the folks fall through the cracks? h. >> absolutely. the one provision about the immigrants, and we have to separate it out into a couple of sections so that it hurts authorized immigrants is that the women who have married a u.s. citizen, and waiting for the permanent residency, and during the case their immigration paperwork is halted and there used to be a provision for self-petitioning, meaning if i'm abused i can have recourse and go back to start the process, and now they bring the abuser back into it, and get the unauthorized recourse, and that started in 2008 with the u-visa. if i'm a farm worker and my foreman is sexually a abusing me, i can go to get

first is h.r. 4970, the violence against women's act re-authorization, sponsored by congresswoman sandy adams, herself a former sheriff. on the second -- our second rule bill, which will take up the remainder of the week, is h.r. 4310, the national defense authorization act, sponsored by chairman buck mckeon. this bipartisan bill provides for the funding of our armed services prior to the memorial day as is the house is appropriately accustomed. with that i thank the gentleman and i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information and if i can on the violence against women's act, a very important piece of legislation, which we have re-authorized in the past in a bipartisan fashion, can the gentleman tell me, it's under a rule, does the gentleman know whether it will be an open rule or whether there will be perhaps a modified open rule with amendments being printed, can the gentleman tell us? i have a lot of folks on my side of the aisle who are very interested in dealing with certain portions of that bill and they be interested to know whether or not it will be able to offer a

sandy. >> hey steph here is your keystone connection. i want to know when shucky romney and bill o'reilly are going out on their comedy tour. >> i love adamore than anybody, the navy seals. the rush limbaugh of course du, doesn't know what he is talking about. and aclu voter challenge in pennsylvania! woo-hoo! >> are you concerned about the voter suppression laws that -- the republicans have been trying to enfact a lot of states. >> very concerned. and just on the colors point. i just want to underscore something, because to me it really struck me as a really classy thing the president did, and that was after the killing of bin laden, calling former president bush to give him the news to let him know that this was the result of your work and mine and so many others. that was a real classy thing to do, but also i think an important thing to do, so, you know, tell the country through that conversation that this is a continuity of efforts that made this possible. i thought that was a very grand and important thing the president did. >> yeah, i wouldn't have had that class. i would have said thanks for shutting the bin laden campaign down and

first is h.r. 4970, the violence against women's act re-authorization, sponsored by congresswoman sandy adams, herself a former sheriff. on the second -- our second rule bill, which will take up the remainder of the week, is h.r. 4310, the national defense authorization act, sponsored by chairman buck mckeon. this bipartisan bill provides for the funding of our armed services prior to the memorial day as is the house is appropriately accustomed. with that i thank the gentleman and i yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his information and if i can on the violence against women's act, a very important piece of legislation, which we have re-authorized in the past in a bipartisan fashion, can the gentleman tell me, it's under a rule, does the gentleman know whether it will be an open rule or whether there will be perhaps a modified open rule with amendments being printed, can the gentleman tell us? i have a lot of folks on my side of the aisle who are very interested in dealing with certain portions of that bill and they be interested to know whether or not it will be able to offer a