House backs Voting Rights Act extension

[stevedeshazer]

Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:48pm ET

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-07-13T224819Z_01_N13123929_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-VOTING.xml&archived=False

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By Amanda Beck

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 25-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which would preserve for another generation a law that opened voting booths to minorities.

Often described as the crown jewel of the civil rights era, the Voting Rights Act outlawed poll taxes, literacy tests and other obstacles that had prevented African Americans and other minorities from exercising their right to vote.

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"Today, Republicans and Democrats have united in a historic vote to preserve and protect one of America's most important rights -- the right to vote," House Speaker Dennis Hastert said in a statement released after he was admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment of a skin infection.

"There is no more important power that our citizens hold and that right must be guaranteed for everyone regardless of race," the Illinois Republican added.
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So, it's true. Denny Hastert was so bothered by this that he had to be hospitalized.

[derby378]

1. Yeeeeeeee-HAAAAAA!!!!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

:applause:

[KingFlorez]

2. They know what they are doing

They don't need the Democrats and civil rights groups chewing them out for this close to the election.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Somewhere

Martin Luther King, Medger Evers, Rosa Parks, and other Civil Rights heroes are smiling.

[Keseys Ghost]

4. FIST!

K & R

[Moderator]

5. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2387476&mesg_id=2387476