Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The factually-challenged Maxine Waters on the Voting Rights Act
Via CNS News:
A delay on the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, which expires at the end of 2007, is "inexcusable," according to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a member of the House Judiciary Committee. ...
"The notion that a handful of Republicans from Southern states can rally enough support to hijack reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act is a slap in the face to the civil rights pioneers after which this legislation is named - Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King," said Waters in a statement.
Actually, 56 Congressmen were on record four months ago as utterly opposed to the bilingual ballot provisions of the Voting Rights Act, including "Southerners" like Ray LaHood of Illinois, Jim Ryun of Kansas and the letter's co-organizer, Peter King of New York.
Waters actually demanded that H.R. 9 be passed without amendments "[o]ut of respect for Ms. Hamer, Ms. Parks, and Ms. King and the sacrifices made by these venerable women."
Don't bother to read this legislation. Just pass it. It is perfect. Uh-huh.
The Senate's Democratic Leader, Harry Reid said the same thing with regard to the Senate amnesty/guestworker immigration bill in March. That "perfect" bill now contains amendments drafted by Senate Democrats Feinstein and Bingaman.
California State Senator H.L. "Bill" Richardson wrote a book entitled What Makes You Think We Read the Bills? Feinstein proved his point during the floor debate on the Senate immigration bill with shaking voice and trembling hands after she learned of the astounding number of immigrants the Senate legislation she voted for in Committee would actually admit to the United States. Via the May 16th Congressional Record:
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I would like to speak as a member of the Judiciary Committee. I think one of the things we really need to understand about this bill is that it is a very large bill. It is 640 pages long. It contains a multitude of programs. And it--through the visa programs, the nonimmigrant visas--brings in large numbers of people. I think when we were in Judiciary we did not realize the extent to which large numbers of people are brought in on some of these visas. We were working to a march. We had to get the bill done. [emphasis added].
Dear Maxine, remember: haste makes waste.
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