RADAR ALERT:
Act Now to Prevent a Repeat of HRES 590 Disgrace

Despite our heroic efforts to stop HRES 590, RADAR has just learned that the bill passed the House of Representatives last Tuesday. For more information, see: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr110-590#votes.

HRES 590 is jam-packed with half-truths, distortions, and lies: http://mediaradar.org/docs/RADARanalysis-HRES590.pdf. Passage of this biased resolution is a national embarrassment.

We did succeed in stopping the bill from being debated by the House Education and Labor Committee. But it appears the House leadership did an end-run on us, taking the bill out of committee directly to the House floor. Not only that, the leadership cut the debate short, requiring a two-thirds vote for a voice vote.

Yes, it was a disgraceful short-circuiting of the democratic process, but that's what they did. So we have to learn from the experience and plan to do much better next time.

What lesson did we learn? That stopping a flawed bill like this requires a MASSIVE outpouring of voter discontent. To do that, we need to substantially increase the number of people signed on to the RADAR E-lert list.

So here's what we're asking you to do –

Think of all the listservs and organizations you belong to that are concerned about the destructive effects of VAWA. Pass along this Alert to those groups with this simple message:

"Join the growing effort to reform the Violence Against Women Act - go to http://mediaradar.org/joinVrc.php and sign up to receive the RADAR E-lerts."

Do it now. We must not allow a repeat of the HRES 590 disgrace.

Date of RADAR Release: October 3, 2007

R.A.D.A.R. – Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting – is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of men and women working to improve the effectiveness of our nation's approach to solving domestic violence. http://mediaradar.org