Thursday, July 13, 2006
House Democrat Leader Pelosi throws down the gauntlet on H.R. 9.
Via CQ:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said [today] that Democrats will vote against a 25-year extension of expiring Voting Rights Act provisions if any of the four amendments made in order by GOP leaders is adopted.
One of those four amendments is repeal of bilingual ballot mandates.
Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) showed big pictures of his being beaten during the '60's on the House floor and said "I've spilled my blood for [this bill].
Yet bilingual ballots were not part of the Voting Rights Act when it was passed in 1965.
The Sanchez sisters both took the floor to demand no amendments to H.R. 9. Both women represent "Hispanic" districts created by the Census counting illegal aliens every ten years. H.R. 9 would only make this problem worse by counting illegal aliens and everyone else who lived someplace for two months and making projections.
The demagoguery is running thick and fast. And Jesse Jackson is sitting in the House Gallery ready to spread gasoline on this particular fire.
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