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Article: Voting Rights Act blockage may have helped spur big passage
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- Call & Post
- Article date:
- July 20, 2006
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When the U.S. House of Representatives finally voted on the extension of the historic Voting Rights Act, the issue was never in doubt.
By a margin of 390-33, Democrats and Republicans agreed: it was still important in America to protect the right of everyone to a fair and free election, one that incorporates all individuals in society equally.
But in a perverse way, it is possible that the brief uprising that House Republican conservatives waged against the bill three weeks ago - which caused House Speaker Dennis Hastert to pull the measure from a scheduled June 21 vote on the House floor - may have actually strengthened the bill the second time around.
At least, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs ...