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Article: REP. SÁNCHEZ ATTENDS WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY TO RENEW VOTING RIGHTS ACT

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July 27, 2006
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Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, D-Calif. (39th CD), issued the following press release:

Rep. Linda Sánchez joined President George W. Bush and a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders at the White House today to mark the passage of an important civil rights law.

President Bush invited Congresswoman Sánchez to the event in recognition of her role as a principal leader behind the legislation, which will renew voter protections for U.S. citizens under the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Congresswoman Sánchez is an original co-sponsor of the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006," which President Bush signed today on the ...

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