A victory for civil rights
Yesterday, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act, one of the more important laws we have to guarantee the freedom of minorities to vote. Assuming President Bush doesn't veto it--I doubt even he would do that--this should lay the question to rest for another quarter century.
The law was headed for what Republican leadership thought was an easy and politically advantageous renewal before certain Southern Republican congressmen and anti-immigrant congressmen began screaming bloody murder and brought the process to a halt. The embarassment finally became too much for the GOP and the renewal bill was allowed to go to a vote yesterday.