Wednesday, November 13, 2002
No Choice on English in Democratic Leader's Race
Congressman Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) are battling to become the next leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives. The media is treating Ford as more moderate than Pelosi. On official English issues, there isn't a dime's worth of difference between them.
In 2001, both Ford and Pelosi voted against an amendment to defund E.O. 13166 and thus against saving every recipient of federal funds from providing translations into anyone's choice of language on demand.
In 1998, both Ford and Pelosi voted against the "English Language Fluency Act", which would have replaced eliminated bilingual education nationwide. Ford and Pelosi also voted for the Puerto Rico statehood bill which passed by one vote that same year. As a state, Spanish-only Puerto Rico would have two Senators and seven Congressmen, all vehemently opposed to all English legislation.
|posted by Jim on 12:46 AM|
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