ms. murphy, who hoped this would be non- partisan. it would be easier to get a fair tax system. >> we had a state where the democratic party tried to disenfranchise a baptist university because they were afraid the students would vote republican. we had to sue the democratic party. in maine, it was started by republicans in 1973. i feel because i have been working these issues for 35 years that we have to begin to show them that it is not in anyone's self interest. it took lyndon johnson 20 years to vote for his first civil rights law so i keep hope alive. >> mr. campbell, you may not know this but the national registration act requires all states to offer registration to any resident so that when they come in they can be asked about voting and asked to register to vote. that happens when you apply for a driver's license, etc. we do not ask them have that. should congressman date that the state also offer at that same place the opportunity to get a photo i.d. which is the voting now? >> i would say that the answer to that question wou

ms. martha didn't know it. doocy. >> didn't know it. >> bill: did know it but dropped another card in the middle of that tape. >> i don't need this one. >> bill: murphythe most decorated american soldier during world war ii. after the war, murphy became a celebrity starring movie about himself. what was the name of that film? a, days of glory? b, to hell and back. cross of iron. what was the name of the movie that murphy -- actually a book as well. starred in? cards up, please. and the answer is roll the tape. >> to hell and back. the true story of murphy, the most decorated soldier in the history of the united states. >> i remember sitting in that west bury movie theater watching to hell and back. murphy, if you don't know about him, pick up pinheads and patriots, you should know about him. the guy was amazing. question number four, which hall of fame baseball player won the most valuable baseball award first year from the majors after returning from serving in world war ii? >> cards up, please. and the answer is roll the tape. >> fast throw pitches. swings, high drive going deep, deep, it is a home run! >> bill: all right. baseball, doocy wins. >>

ms. martha didn't know it. doocy. >> didn't know it. >> bill: did know it but dropped another card in the middle of that tape. >> i don't need this one. >> bill: murphycorated american soldier during world war ii. after the war, murphy became a celebrity starring movie about himself. what was the name of that film? a, days of glory? b, to hell and back. cross of iron. what was the name of the movie that murphy -- actually a book as well. starred in? cards up, please. and the answer is roll the tape. >> to hell and back. the truetory of murphy, the most decorated soldier in the history of the united states. >> i remember sitting in that west bury movie theater watching to hell and back. murphy, if you don't know about him, pick up pinheads and patriots, you should know about him. the guy was amazing. question number four, which hall of fame baseball player won the most valuable baseball award first year from the majors after returning from serving in world war ii? >> cards up, please. and the answer is roll the tape. >> fast throw pitches. swings, high drive going deep, deep, it is a home run! >> bill: all right. baseball, doocy wins. >> there is anot

murphy. mrs. blackburn. mr. gardner. mr. griffith votes aye. ms. dagette votes no. mr. ross votes no. mr. markey votes no. mr. greene votes no. ms. christiansen votes no. mr. votes no. mr. terry votes aye. >> anyone else wish to vote who has not voted? >> there were 14 aye and 9 nays. >> the business of the committee is hereby adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> after the panel voted to issue the subpoenas, white house council responded in a letter calling the request of broad and an intrusion on executive branch and trust. it urged the panel to submit a request that was not so broad. the white house has until this thursday to submit the documents requested. today on c-span, a debate between republican presidential candidates herman cain and newt gingrich on economic and social issues. the two spoke at a forum last night outside houston. it will be at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> reading the right books are helpful. reading the wrong books can be an education. you can see what was done wrong and avoid the mistakes yo

ms. arnwine. brevity is going to be how we measure your contribution. >> i understand. i'm laura murphy and i'm the director of the aclu washington office. we have 53 affiliate's. we bring litigation. we organize within the state legislatures. and we lobby here in congress. i just want to say that the press conference that you have organized was a galvanizing moment with the community several months ago. we thank you for being the canary in the coal mine. mr. nadler and mr. scott, it is great to see you again. in 1965, after african-americans and their allies had been half- assed, fired from their jobs, water hose, bludgeoned by police, and sometimes killed, congress finally it receded and decided that "sterner and more leverage measures were needed to combat the insidious and pervasive evil which has been perpetrated in certain parts of our country through unremitting defiance of the constitution." and that is how the voting rights act came about. said the aclu is grateful that we are not dealing with violence. but we're here to say the same evil is upon our country today. the spread o