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Reps. David Scott, John Lewis Led Campaign Together to Pass the Voting Rights Act
Scott to Attend White House Ceremony Thursday to Sign Legislation into Law

Washington, Jul 26 -  

Today U.S. Congressman David Scott (GA-13) issued the following statement about his joint efforts with Congressman John Lewis to win bipartisan and bicameral passage of H.R. 9, the Voting Rights Reauthorization Act.

“Over the last year and much of the last few weeks, Congressman John Lewis and I proudly stood together to make a strong case for reauthorizing and renewing the Voting Rights Act,” said Congressman Scott. “While our nation offers support for young democracies around the world we still have a great distance to travel at home in living out our national ideals of equality and opportunity for all of our citizens. Congressman Lewis and I defeated at every turn Republican attempts to thwart the progress of the Voting Rights Act with malicious amendments offered by two of Georgia’s very own Members of Congress. We waged a successful and focused campaign to honor the legacy of all who died in the struggle for civil rights and to renew America’s commitment to eliminate barriers to the right to vote.”

Congressman Scott continued, “I applaud the Senate for moving quickly to approve the Voting Rights Reauthorization Act by a 98-0 vote last week and look forward to witnessing President Bush sign this important bill into law at the White House tomorrow.”

H.R. 9 reauthorizes for 25 years key provisions of the Voting Rights Act that are set to expire in 2007. President Bush is scheduled to sign the bill into law during a ceremony tomorrow morning.

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