Tag: Human Trafficking

Liberal opposition to the language underscores their dislike of the Hyde Amendment limits in general. [AP Photo

Are sex-trafficking victims rape victims too?

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not schedule a vote on Loretta Lynch until the trafficking bill passes. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images File)

Senate GOP: No Loretta Lynch vote until Democrats quit filibustering

Susan Ferrechio · March 17, 2015 4:53 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said a planned vote this week on the confirmation of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch is now uncertain because of the gridlock on the human trafficking bill. (AP Photo)

Democrats block trafficking bill over abortion language

Susan Ferrechio · March 17, 2015 3:57 pm

McConnell may postpone Lynch nomination

Susan Ferrechio · March 15, 2015 2:32 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has threatened to block the bill if the language isn't taken out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Democrats so deep in abortion politics they’d tank a bipartisan human trafficking bill

Ashe Schow · March 12, 2015 7:05 pm

From left, Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate stuck on human trafficking bill

Susan Ferrechio · March 11, 2015 9:01 pm

"[T]he bill that is on the floor today has a provision in it which we were told would not be included," said Durbin, who co-sponsored the bill. (AP File Photo)

Democrats threaten to block their own bill after finding abortion language

Susan Ferrechio · March 11, 2015 9:00 am

Human trafficking survivor Shandra Woworuntu (C) speaks during a news conference with U.S. House of Representatives Victims' Rights Caucus Chairman Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) (L) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) outside the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fast-tracking the fight against slavery

Charles Hoskinson · March 2, 2015 10:00 am

Mass. AG wants human trafficking lawsuit against Backpage.com to go forward

LocalLabs News Service · February 23, 2015 6:25 pm

A teenage girl, who claims to be a victim of sexual abuse and alleged grooming, poses in Rotherham on September 3, 2014 in Rotherham, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Hypersensitivity on race has dangerous consequences

Dan Hannan · February 9, 2015 10:00 am

The Justice Department estimates that as many as 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being sex trafficked. (iStock Photo)

Protecting children from modern day slavery

Sean Reyes · January 30, 2015 10:00 am

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The many faces of modern slavery

Melysa Sperber · January 30, 2015 10:00 am