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Article: REP. SPRATT SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 28, 2006
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Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C. (5th CD), issued the following news release:
Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) today hailed the signing of legislation to extend the Voting Rights Act for 25 years.
"I came of age in the '60s," said Spratt, "and I remember the Congress then, with a mere handful of African-American members. I compare that to the Congress I serve in today, with 43 African-Americans, including Jim Clyburn, Mel Watt, and John Lewis. That did not just happen with time; the Voting Rights Act of 1965 made it possible.
"As an original co-sponsor of this legislation, I am pleased to see it pass both houses without major modification and be signed by the President."
The legislation extends the expiring ...