Facebook Twitter Email
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001

A spending bill approved by Congress recently authorizes the creation of a commemorative postal stamp whose proceeds will be used to fund domestic violence programs, reports The Denver Post's Beltway Notebook.

Sen. Ben Nigthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) had a key role in pushing the stamp through, having first tried through an act he introduced last year called the Stamp Out Domestic Violence Stamp Act. Although that bill saw no action, he was able to get his initiative passed with the help of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

Domestic violence affects Native women at higher rates than other women in the country.

Get the Story:
Beltway Notebook: Campbell scores a stamp victory (The Denver Post 11/11)

Relevant Links:
Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo

Related Stories:
Pueblos awarded domestic violence grants (11/6)
Meeting addressing Native violence (10/23)
DOJ: American Indians highest injured (6/25)
Ashcroft promises violence funding (4/6)
DOJ: Violent crime plagues Indian Country (3/19)
Fiscal Year 2002: The Budget Overview (3/1)
Grants awarded to combat domestic violence (12/05)
Violence act signed into law (10/30)
Violence against women act renewed (10/12)
House renews violence act (09/27)
Clinton wants violence act renewed (9/26)
Violence in Indian Country (6/15)