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deminks

(11,017 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:29 AM Jun 2013

"Congress likely not 'mature enough' to deal with Voting Rights Act decision"

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/25/19133716-congress-likely-not-mature-enough-to-deal-with-voting-rights-act-decision?lite

Activists and organizers said that they would urge Congress and the president to act quickly after the Supreme Court struck down the formula in the Voting Rights Act that determined which jurisdictions were covered, presenting lawmakers with a challenge some watchers said they may not be ready for.

The 5 to 4 vote struck down a section of the historic civil rights legislation that determined which states, many of them with histories of racial discrimination, needed approval from the Department of Justice before changing voting laws.

NBC News Chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd said on MSNBC that Congress may not be “mature enough” to reach a speedy political solution.


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Straight from the horse's mouth, Chuckie Todd.

This was the intent all along, a dysfunctional Congress. Mission accomplished!
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