Friday, March 14, 2014

How Pennsylvania Lawmakers Turned A Bipartisan Bill To Protect Domestic Violence Victims Into A Political Football

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/03/14/3406211/pennsylvania-domestic-violence-leave/
"The Pennsylvania state House passed HB1796 unanimously, a bill that would protect domestic violence victims from eviction when they have to call the police multiple times on their abusers. But when it arrived in the Senate this week, lawmakers took the opportunity to add an amendment that would ban any local government in the state from passing paid or unpaid leave policies — policies that could also help these very victims."