Washington, DC Wednesday, February 13, 2013
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) held a press conference urging House Republicans to take up the Violence Against Women Act. The bill passed recently in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 78 to 22.
Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 1:52pm (ET)
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