Democrats: The GOP’s ‘war on women’ is back

A Republican "war on women" has returned, Democratic senators and women's groups proclaimed Wednesday -- returning to a message that resonated for Democrats in 2012 but seemed to falter more recently.The message, delivered by Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and others at a morning event at the Capitol, comes as the Senate continues to debate a bill that would stiffen penalties for the perpetrators of human trafficking and establish new resources for its victims. The bill is now stuck amid a heated debate over anti-abortion language embedded in the bill, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has pledged not to hold a vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch until the deadlock is resolved.Read full article >>