GOP's Sensenbrenner calls for update of Voting Rights Act

[babylonsister]

GOP's Sensenbrenner calls for update of Voting Rights Act
By Mike Lillis - 06/26/13 03:05 PM ET

A leading House Republican is calling on Congress to update the Voting Rights Act just a day after the Supreme Court neutered its central provision.

Warning that "the threat of discrimination still exists," Rep. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) is urging lawmakers from both parties to cast aside partisanship and restore the law for the sake of protecting voters' rights.

"The Voting Rights Act is vital to America’s commitment to never again permit racial prejudices in the electoral process," Sensenbrenner, the second-ranked Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday in a statement.

"This is going to take time and will require members from both sides of the aisle to put partisan politics aside and ensure Americans’ most sacred right is protected."

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/307989-gops-sensenbrenner-wants-update-of-voting-rights-act

[CurtEastPoint]

1. This is the first sensible (no pun) statement I have ever heard him make.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Yeah buster

Good luck with that! Will this be before the next abortion bill and after the next 'jobs' bill?

[old guy]

3. No. I am not falling for this.

The last paragraph is the tell. At least two states have already started their drive toward voter suppression within hours of the decision and he says this is going to take time. Yeah, string it out for years until the repubs get what they want, the way they want it. I don't buy it for a second.