Lieberman's Plan Proposes:

Cracking down on abusers who violate restraining orders by making such violations a crime. (Restraining orders usually issued by civil courts and without punishment if disobeyed) would be issued by criminal courts

Require states to criminalize the violation of civil court orders to qualify for federal violence-prevention funding.

24-hour hot lines so victims can obtain temporary restraining orders at any time and would create a program to help states share information so that restraining orders would be better enforced across state lines.

Police would get more help in the form of federal matching funds for antidomestic violence programs, and officers, judges, social workers and others would get more training on the complexities of domestic violence.

Tax credits to employers that provide domestic violence education and support services; medical, financial and legal referrals; and flexible work, transfer and leave policies.

Victims would be permitted to collect unemployment benefits if they have to leave work and move to escape an abusive relationship and would exempt those who are on welfare from work if they are in the midst of a legal battle.

Expanding the Violence Against Women Act to include funding for counseling for children who have been exposed to violence and refocusing mentoring programs to ensure boys are taught to develop stable, nonviolent relationships with women.

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Read about it here:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/02/...c.ap/index.html

Give your opinions as to whether Lieberman's domestic violence plan is a good one, an achievable plan, and if elected, where you think he will get the funds to support such an endeavor?

At first glance it looks to me like a good plan, a practical one that should actually do some good. The CNN story doesn't give enough information to analyze it in any detail. Undoubtedly it will cost money but the story doesn't give even a rough estimate as to how much.

There's one thing in it that I dislike: the feds dictating to the states what policies they must adopt by threatening to withhold funding. That's a tactic I'm really, really tired of.