ASSOCIATED PRESS Come January, Sen. Lisa Murkowski will take the lead on Savanna's Act, a bill aimed at stemming violence directed at Native women. WASHINGTON ― For his final act in Congress, retiring Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) single-handedly killed a bill that would have helped combat the horrific levels of violence directed at Native women. With both of them gone in the new Congress that begins on Jan. 3, the question remains: Is Savanna’s Act gone too? It turns out Heitkamp’s real final act was locking in a Republican colleague to carry the torch for her. I’ve already talked to Sen. Cantwell, she’s willing to join up with me,” she said, referring to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).

Source: Huffington Post December 26, 2018 17:37 UTC