Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, and Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, led the repeal in the Senate of " do n't ask, do n't tell " in 2010, allowing gay men and women to serve openly in the military. This year, all four of the female Senate Republicans split with their party and voted with Senate Democrats to (reauthorize) the Violence Against Women Act, which had lapsed during the last Congress.  
 Verb: reauthorize
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