U. S. House passes significant Civil Rights bill, GOP Senator places a hold on it! Go figure!!
Yesterday, the U. S. House, by a vote of 422 to 2, passed a SIGNIFICANT Civil Rights bill, H.R. 923, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The bill was sponsored by Representatives John Lewis (D-GA) and Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), and would re-open hate crime cases left unprosecuted and which occurred during the Civil Rights Era but prior to 1970.
The two dissenting votes were from Presidential candidate and Texas Representative, Ron Paul, and Georgia Representative, Lynn Westmoreland.
Why Ron Paul voted against the bill is beyond me, as it has SOURED whatever admiration I might have had of him!
The bill was sponsored in the Senate by Senators Patrick Leahy (Democrat of Vermont) and Chris Dodd (Democrat of Connecticut), who released a statement condemning their fellow Senator, Tom Coburn (Republican from Oklahoma), who put a hold on the bill, thereby unduly delaying what was supposed to be a UNANIMOUS consent Senate passage of the bill.
The reasons for the hold are unclear, though I have written to Senator Coburn to voice my disgust at his actions and to urge him to release his hold on the bill. If you live in Oklahoma, I'd appreciate you contacting the Senator to make your voice heard. (Hat tip to DailyKos for this story. I almost missed it).
The two dissenting votes were from Presidential candidate and Texas Representative, Ron Paul, and Georgia Representative, Lynn Westmoreland.
Why Ron Paul voted against the bill is beyond me, as it has SOURED whatever admiration I might have had of him!
The bill was sponsored in the Senate by Senators Patrick Leahy (Democrat of Vermont) and Chris Dodd (Democrat of Connecticut), who released a statement condemning their fellow Senator, Tom Coburn (Republican from Oklahoma), who put a hold on the bill, thereby unduly delaying what was supposed to be a UNANIMOUS consent Senate passage of the bill.
The reasons for the hold are unclear, though I have written to Senator Coburn to voice my disgust at his actions and to urge him to release his hold on the bill. If you live in Oklahoma, I'd appreciate you contacting the Senator to make your voice heard. (Hat tip to DailyKos for this story. I almost missed it).
Labels: Constitutional Rights, Democratism, Justice, Politics, Public safety, Racism, Republicanism, The Constitution
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