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" Senator Marco Rubio, Republican presidential timber fresh from the mill, distracted himself from thinking about his chance at Jindalesque glory tonight by voting against the Violence Against Women Act, and by limber up his throat for this evening&amp;#039;s grand performance with an exercise in pure weaselspeak. Unfortunately, I could not support the final, entire legislation that contains new provisions that could have potentially adverse consequences. Specifically, this bill would mandate the diversion of a portion of funding from domestic violence programs to sexual assault programs, although there&amp;#039;s no evidence to suggest this shift will result in a greater number of convictions. (Translation From The Original Weaselspeak: I took a call from FreedomWorks this morning.) These funding decisions should be left up to the state-based coalitions that understand local needs best, but instead this new legislation would put those decisions into the hands of distant Washington bureaucrats in the Department of Justice. (Translation From The Original Weaselspeak: As we all know, sexual assault and domestic violence are different in Mississippi than they are in New York. They are like local cuisine that way.)  Additionally, I have concerns regarding the conferring of criminal jurisdiction to some Indian tribal governments over all persons in Indian country, including non-Indians.  (Translation From The Original Weaselspeak: I&amp;#039;m with the white-eyes.) Somebody wake me when it&amp;#039;s over. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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