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Hope for the Voting Rights Act
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July 23, 2013
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July 23, 2013
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4:49Now PlayingWill Congress revise the Voting Rights Act so it complies with the Supreme Court's ruling that Section 5 of the current law is unconstitutional? Cole Stangler, Staff Writer for In These Times, reports on cautious optimism being expressed by House Democrats, including civil rights heroes like John Lewis, that Republicans can be persuaded to reauthorize a bill that Republicans last re-wrote and passed back in 2006. No one denies that it will be a tough climb. Democrats believe their only hope is in Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), chairman of the Judiciary Committee when the Voting Rights Act was reauthorized in 2006, who has expressed a willingness to help forge a bill that will pass the House.
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