Senator Leahy says he will move quickly on voting rights bill

[cal04]

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on Tuesday pledged quick action on restoring voting rights protections after the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the landmark law.

"I intend to take immediate action to ensure that we will have a strong and reconstituted Voting Rights Act that protects against racial discrimination in voting," Leahy said.

The Vermont Democrat said the Supreme Court had "struck down the core of the most successful piece of civil rights legislation in this nation's history." But it was not yet clear what specific legislation Leahy might try to advance or whether he would win the support of Republicans.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/us-usa-court-voting-congress-idUSBRE95O0X920130625


Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On Supreme Court Decision Shelby County v. Holder

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http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/comment-of-senator-patrick-leahy-d-vt-chairman-senate-judiciary-committee-on-supreme-court-decision-shelby-county-v-holder



Schumer on the decision
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/schumer-scotus-ruling-is-back-door-way-to

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued a strongly worded statement in reaction to the Supreme Court's Tuesday decision striking down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, decrying the ruling as a "back door way to gut the Voting Rights Act."

"As long as Republicans have a majority in the House and Democrats don't have 60 votes in the Senate, there will be no preclearance," he said in the statement. "It is confounding that after decades of progress on voting rights, which have become part of the American fabric, the Supreme Court would tear it asunder.”

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Too late

And the House will never agree to it. No way.

[cali]

2. Too late? and just what could he have done before?

[wandy]

3. And with an overwhelming sense of fair play, Teapublicans will...............

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Exactly

He needs a house that cares.

And that House knows what happens if they do nothing. The blue states get to impose voting restrictions (look at Philly 2012) that impact minorities . . . then just sit back and laugh and pat each other on the back when this country goes deep, bright red in 2016.


Look at how we had to fight tooth and nail for Philly.

[wandy]

5. And you're right about another thing.....

Somewhere around Jan. 2017 it's gonna get real ugly.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. You got it