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In July 1964, Congress passed the ... to persuade Congress to pass his Voting Rights Act. This proposed legislation removed the right of states to...
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...a nationwide prohibition of denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race or color. The Voting Rights Act had not included a...
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Peruse this primer on the events that led up to the drafting and eventual passage in the House and Senate of this historic civil rights act.
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Civil rights Act 1964 ... To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States ... cited as the "Civil Rights Act of ...
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Johnson Introducing the Voting Rights Act to Congress, March 15, 1965. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ... Winning the right to vote changed the...
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![]() Financial Times | Greek voteseen as referendum on euro Financial Times Financial markets were hit and the mood darkened before a parliamentary voteon Sunday that Greek political leaders have cast as a referendum on whether the country would remain a member of the single European currency. As the votedrew near, ... Greeks strike against austerity before crucial vote Jitters delay bailout vote Greece's Laos Party Will Not VoteFor Reform Package-Party Leader |
Vote: Did Obama administration strike the right balance between religious ... - Washington Post (blog)
Washington Post (blog)
By On Faith President Barack Obama announces the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.
Vote: Mortgage deal settlement or joke? - The Seattle Times
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The Seattle Times
The $25 billion settlement between banks and states over abusive and fraudulent mortgage practices has its upsides, especially for the banks. They get out from under a huge legal liability and enjoy headlines that imply progress is being made.
Stories appearing in Friday's edition
Arab League May Seek UN Vote on Syria That Russia Can't Veto - BusinessWeek
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BusinessWeek
The 22-member League, which has suspended Syria and imposed economic sanctions on the country, is looking for fresh ways to intensify pressure on Assad and may seek a votein the General Assembly by Feb. 17, according to two senior UN diplomats, ...
Syrians to take to the streets to protest Russia's voteagainst UN resolution
A wider view of India's Syria vote
It's your vote
Ga. regulators to vote on nuclear plant spending - BusinessWeek
New York Times
BusinessWeek
Members of the state Public Service Commission are scheduled to voteFriday on whether to approve the Southern Co.'s latest spending on Plant Vogtle. On Thursday, the project won approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a long-awaited vote...
NRC sets voteon Georgia nuclear reactors
REP. MARKEY TO NRC: VOGTLE REACTOR VOTEIS AN ABDICATION OF DUTY
NRC approves first new nuclear plant in 3 decades