Politics In Case You Missed It
The Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act passed in the House by a vote of 390-33 after Democrats defeated Republican attempts to gut the act by amending several of its provisions out of existence. Among the rejected amendments were: an amendment that would use turnout figures instead of a history of discrimination to determine which states were covered by the Act; one that would eliminate language assistance to people who have difficulty speaking English; and one that would require the Act to be reauthorized every 10 years, instead of every 25.
The 33 members (all Republicans) who voted against reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, as reported by the Birmingham Times, were:
Jo Bonner and Terry Everett of Alabama; Trent Franks and John B. Shadegg of Arizona; Wally Herger, John T. Doolittle, Edward R. Royce, Gary G. Miller, Dana Rohrabacher, John Campbell, all of California; Joel Hefly and Thomas G. Tancredo of Colorado; Tom Price, John Linder, Lynn A. Westmoreland, Charlie Norwood, Nathan Deal and Phil Gingrey, all of Georgia; Dan Burton of Indiana, Iowa’s Steve King, Richard H. Baker of Louisiana, Roscoe G. Barlett of Maryland, New Jersey’s Scott Garrett; Virginia Foxx and Patrick T. McHenry of North Carolina; South Carolina’s J. Gresham Barrett, John J. Duncan Jr. from Tennessee and six from Texas: Sam Johnson, Jeb Hensarling, Joe Barton, K. Michael Conaway, Mac Thornberry and Ron Paul.
Republicans Suck.