... somebody based on discrimination. He has also sponsored the Violence Against Women Act to prevent the stalking and the domestic abuse of women. On the issue of civil rights, Joseph Lieberman has done numerous things throughout his career to fight for equal rights. During his time in the U.S. Senate, he sponsored a legislation to make it easier for minorities and women to win employer discrimination lawsuits. Also during his time in the U.S. Senate, he supported the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, which helped to get the FBI to train state and local law official on the issue of hate crimes. Joseph Lieberman has supported affirmative action and showed his support during his time as attorney general by hiring minorities and women to half of his office positions. Joseph Lieberman has tried to preserve Social Security for seniors by voting for acts that would make the Social Security surplus only ...

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