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Congressional Testimony
07-13-2006
Opening Statement of Patrick Leahy Ranking Member, Committee on the Senate
Judiciary Committee on Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil
Rights and Property Rights July 13, 2006 As we convene this hearing today,
the House of Representatives is, after some delay, debating the House bipartisan
bill to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act, a companion bill to the bipartisan
bill we have been considering in the Senate, S. 2707. The efforts in the
House today have finally received the strong endorsement of the White House.
In its Statement of Administration ...

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