Article: SEN. OBAMA JOINS SENS. FEINSTEIN, KERRY TO INTRODUCE BILL TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS

The office of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued the following news release:

U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) today introduced a bill to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide voter registration services to veterans in the department's care.

The senators introduced the legislation after receiving a response from Veterans Affairs Secretary James B. Peake earlier this month, again denying the senators' request that Secretary Peake designate VA facilities as voter registration agencies. Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Barack Obama (D-Ill), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ron Wyden ...

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