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U.S. Senate Passes Bill to Combat Domestic Violence from Sit News, 11/16/2015

Monday, November 16, 2015

img-icon-news(SitNews) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) last Thursday praised the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of their bipartisan bill which they recently introduced, to help combat domestic abuse and sexual violence.

The Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent (POWER) Act mandates that each year, the United States Attorney in each judicial district across the country work with domestic violence service providers or coalitions and an area volunteer lawyer project to hold at least one event which promotes pro bono legal services. The purpose is to reinforce a critical way of empowering survivors of domestic violence, engage citizens, and help lift victims out of the cycle of abuse.

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