Republicans & Voting Rights Act, in 2006 - 33 Reps Voted "No"

[YankeeLeft7x]

The New York Times
After Challenges, House Approves Renewal of Voting Act

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: July 14, 2006

"...The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to renew expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act after supporters of it defeated challenges mounted by conservative opponents….The 390-to-33 vote on the landmark civil rights act capped a day of impassioned debate that heightened the politically charged atmosphere surrounding race and ethnicity, already aggravated by the recent fight in Congress over immigration….On the floor Thursday, many Democrats, as well as Republicans, denounced the amendments offered by conservatives as an effort to derail renewal of the act. Democrats had warned from the start that they would vote against the act if any of the amendments were tacked on to it….“Their goal has been one thing and one thing only: to kill the Voting Rights Act,” said Representative David Scott, Democrat of Georgia….“This is multiculturalism at its worst,” Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, said, referring to bilingual ballots. “When we come from various ethnic groups and races, what unites us? It’s our language, the English language. We’re hurting America by making it easier for people not to learn English....”

Read the Entire Article @:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/washington/14rights.html

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 374
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

H R 9 RECORDED VOTE 13-Jul-2006 5:38 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act


AYES
NOES
PRES NV

REPUBLICAN 192 33 5
DEMOCRATIC 197 4
INDEPENDENT 1
TOTALS 390 33 9


The 33 Noes WERE ALL Republican and they are:

---- NOES 33 ---

Baker
Barrett (SC)
Bartlett (MD)
Barton (TX)
Bonner
Burton (IN)
Campbell (CA)
Conaway
Deal (GA)
Doolittle
Duncan
Everett
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Garrett (NJ)
Gingrey
Hefley
Hensarling
Herger
Johnson, Sam
King (IA)
Linder McHenry
Miller, Gary
Norwood
Paul
Price (GA)
Rohrabacher
Royce
Shadegg
Tancredo
Thornberry
Westmoreland

[Drale]

1. Someone needs to invent

the universal translator, so we can no longer use language as a tool in racism.