Rep Michelle Bachmann votes against act to help Native American police combat rape 'epidemic'

[annm4peace]

we knew Bachman didn't like mexicans, and we knew she didn't like blacks, and we really knew she didn't like homosexuals aka GBLT,

now she is letting us know she doesn't even like Native American women and girls. (we actually already knew that)


She really does want to put us back 100 years.



http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/08/01/bachmann-votes-against-act-help-native-american-police-combat-rape-epidemic


By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent
August 01, 2010

A bill aimed at helping Native American law enforcement investigate rape and other crimes by non-Indians on tribal lands passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last week with overwhelming bipartisan support. Only one Minnesotan - Republican Michele Bachmann - voted against it.

The Tribal Law and Order Act passed last Wednesday as an amendment to HR 725 on a 326-92 vote, with votes from Minnesota Republicans Erik Paulsen and John Kline and Democrats Keith Ellison, James Oberstar, Betty McCollum, Collin Peterson and Tim Walz. It gives tribal police more authority in seeking prosecution of non-Natives who commit crimes on American Indian lands. There are more than 63,000 Minnesotans who identify exclusively as Native American, according to the U.S. Census.

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Bachmann's communications director, Dave Dziock, didn't return the Minnesota Independent's request for comment on the Sixth District Republican's no-vote.

Republicans elsewhere, however, have questioned the bill's price tag, which some have estimated at $1.1 billion.

That's a "myth," Deer says. "There's been some misunderstanding that it was going to be a high-dollar bill," she told the Independent, noting that "there's no mandatory spending" in the bill.

Deer wouldn't speculate on why Bachmann opposes this important boost for Indian women, which President Obama is expected to sign into law soon, but she expressed some surprise.

"I'm not sure why she didn't. It's very much about prosecution. It's a very law-and-order bill."

[burnsei sensei]

1. I think non-Indians who commit crimes

in the territories of Native American jurisdiction should be subject to Native American laws.
It's common sense, mutual trust, and given the history, just plain right.

[Brewman_Jax]

2. At least she's consistent

:eyes: nt

[MNmom]

3. So she doesn't even give a reason????

She's an embarassment to MN.

[gratuitous]

4. Yes, she seems to be an embarrassment

But apparently the people of her district enjoy being the object of ridicule for returning such a doctrinaire mental midget to Congress. It's difficult not to impute Bachmann's particular brand of loony to the voters of her district.

[femrap]

5. She's a despicable thing. nt

[Echotrail]

6. Bachmann and Pawlenty set out to diminish minorities and poor

Everywhere Pawlenty goes he sings Bachmann's praises.
Last week he did a group interview with major media. http://tinyurl.com/2e8r8nw

"Debuting his national policy agenda, Pawlenty endorsed the Tea Party movement and one of its top enthusiasts, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., whom he called "a powerful, strong, clear voice for the conservative movement in this country."

We have to watch those two and protect the rest of the country from them!