WASHINGTON ― A bill to combat the appallingly high rates of missing and murdered Native women has stalled in the House, despite sailing through the Senate, because a single Republican congressman is mysteriously holding it up. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is blocking the bill, called Savanna’s Act, aimed at helping the federal government respond to the grim reality that 84 percent of Native women experience violence in their lifetime. The bill would require the Department of Justice to train law enforcement agencies to record tribal enrollment information in crime information databases. The Senate unanimously passed it last week, and it was expected to easily pass the House this week on the suspension calendar, which expedites votes on bills with broad support. But Goodlatte, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, has indicated he has concerns with the bill, so it’s stopped moving.

Source: Huffington Post December 17, 2018 19:41 UTC