The John Lewis Voting Rights Act

[vlyons]

Leader Pelosi is considering offering a neww bill, The John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Then have John Lewis and others stand on the House floor every day to demand its passage.

Then just dare the GOP to vote against it. We'll have such a huge minority voter turn out in 2014, that it'll make their two-faced heads spin.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1251

Yes, yes. OK DUers, let's get behind this!

[Graybeard]

1. SCOTUS decision brought me to tears.

When I think of the decades of struggle and abuse endured by great people like John Lewis that resulted in the 1965 Voting Rights Act I am appalled by the Court's ruling.

Naming the new bill for John Lewis is a wonderful tribute.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. THAT is a great name for the bill!

[vlyons]

3. Please K&R

[Brewinblue]

7. Done

Now, would you please fix your link.

[freshwest]

4. Great way to draw the line between those for or against equal rights and participatory democracy.

Unfortunately, your link goes to a forum and not a DU thread. Could you provide the link to the number and text of the bill, or repost your link to a DU thread? TIA.

[Iliyah]

5. GOPers are desperate

when it comes to voting. They are losing and their base is dying off. I figured the 5 justices were going to gut VRA since majority of their decisions are for their corporate masters and against the American people. Citizens United to name one.

40 years later the fight continues for this issue.

[MurrayDelph]

6. Do they think that House Republicans

are more likely to feel shame than the Senate ones did, when they walked right by Bob Dole to vote down extending the ADA, Dole's signature piece of legislation?

[ZRT2209]

8. YES

[okaawhatever]

9. Awesome. In a way I want the whites and Latinos to tell Mr. Lewis to take a seat, he's earned it.

We've got this. Let everyone else get it passed this time. Let every white and Latino legislator stand in the congress until their feet fall off and get this passed. Every day during business hours.

All this taking a stand has me listening to the song "Stand" by Sly and the Family Stone again. Still a great song.

[davidpdx]

10. There is no one better to name it after than Lewis

He is a hero and I hope he will live to see the bill get passed. Even if it has to be submitted every single year.