bipartisan compromised bill sponsored by republican former chairman of the judiciary committee jim sensenbrennersor and chairman of the committee when the re-authorization was effective in 2006. the bill we introduced called the voting rights amendment act with republican former chairman of the judiciary committee jim sensenbrenner and ranking member john conyers as well as john lewis, great hero of the civil rights movement that would answer the supreme court with an updated preclearance formula as they suggested. in fact, in the past two ywe've seen a resurgent of efforts to limit when and where minorities can vote. the editorial goes on to say mr. speaker and again, i quote, voting discrimination no longer takes the form of literacy tests and poll taxes. instead, it is embodied in voter i.d. laws, the closing of polling places in minority neighborhoods the elimination of early voting days and hours and much more. mr. speaker, i hope the house will take up a bill to restore the voting rights act without delay and crack down on these discriminatory practices that only serve to weaken our democr

bipartisan compromised bill sponsored by republican former chairman of the judiciary committee jim sensenbrenner, who was the sponsor and chairman of the committee when the re-authorization was effective in 2006. the bill we introduced called the voting rights amendment act with republican former chairman of the judiciary committee jim sensenbrenner and ranking member john conyers as well as john lewis, great hero of the civil rights movement that would answer the supreme court with an updated preclearance formula as they suggested. in fact, in the past two years since the court's ruling, we've seen a resurgent of efforts to limit when and where minorities can vote. the editorial goes on to say mr. speaker and again, i quote, voting discrimination no longer takes the form of literacy tests and poll taxes. instead, it is embodied in voter i.d. laws, the closing of polling places in minority neighborhoods the elimination of early voting days and hours and much more. mr. speaker, i hope the house will take up a bill to restore the voting rights act without delay and crack down on these discriminato

lewis one of the great heroes of the american civil rights movement have co-sponsored a bill jim sensenbrenner being the former chairman of the judiciary committee, john conyers, being the ranking member have sponsored a bipartisan bill which would return the protections that were undermined by the supreme court decision in the shelby county versus holder case. i believe it's important and i think the gentleman shares this view, that we absolutely protect the rights of every american to register and to vote. and to ensure that the policies adopted by any state or any county or any municipality are not such that it undermines the ability of citizens to register and to vote. this is bipartisan legislation. i would ask the leader respectfully that one of the great tributes to abraham lincoln who talked about a nation divided against itself talked about a nation that did not give equality to all of its citizens, talked about a nation that needed to respect the inclusion of all people irrespective of their race. i would ask respectfully that the legislation co-sponsored by mr. sensenbrenner and mr.