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still_one

(92,106 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 12:19 PM Mar 2013

Does anyone know if Congress is doing anything about voting rights? With many people waiting in

line for 6 hours or more in the last election it is obvious to anyone that we have a problem

The 2000 elections were the first warning, and still very little has been done at the federal level to insure anyone who wants to vote, can vote, and their vote is counted

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Does anyone know if Congress is doing anything about voting rights? With many people waiting in (Original Post) still_one Mar 2013 OP
they are never in session, so I doubt it. rurallib Mar 2013 #1
congress isn't there to do anything except datasuspect Mar 2013 #2

rurallib

(62,401 posts)
1. they are never in session, so I doubt it.
Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:28 PM
Mar 2013

Boehner will block anything sensible.

Republicans in congress should get minimum wage and be paid only for their hours on the floor.

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