You see here is your problem trickling dick you aren't providing a link giving the reason why they are "so called blocking the bill? Snow collins and Murkowski are about as left for republicans you can get and they are women so what was added to the bill to cause them to block it? Give a link to what was being voted on.What's their excuse now? Do they not believe that domestic violence is a problem that needs to be dealt with? Is this just another part of their war against women? In the past, the VAWA was a law that had bipartisan support. Even with 59 singatories, including Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (AK), Olympia Snowe (ME) and Susan Collins (ME), Mark Kirk (IL), Scott Brown (MA) and Mike Crapo (ID), the GOP is blocking the vote for reauthorization.