george w. bush he also championed and signed the renewal of the voteing rights act less than 10 years ago in 2006. the voting rights act that broke the segregationists lock on the ballot box rose from the courage shown on a selma bridge one sunday afternoon in march of 1965. on that day african-americans including a member of the united states congress john lewis [ applause ] marched across the edmund pettus bridge in a protest intended to highlight the unfair practices that kept them off the voter roll. i am proud to sign the voting rights act reauthorization and amendments act of 2006. george w. bush back in 2006 saying he was proud to sign into law the reauthorization of the voting rights act. and the senate vote that made that signing possible back in 2006, the vote on the voting rights act in the senate that
signed the renewal of it less than 10 years ago in 2006. the voting rights act that broke the segregationists lock on the ballot box rose from the courage shown on a selma bridge one sunday afternoon in march of 1965. on that day african-americans including john lewis marched across the edmund pettus bridge in a protest intended to highlight the unfair practices that kept him off the voter roll. i am proud to sign the voting rights act reauthorization and amendment acts of 2006. [ applause ] george w. bush back in 2006 saying he was proud to sign into law the reauthorization of the voting rights ago. and the senate vote that made that signing possible back in 2006, the vote on the voting rights act in the senate that
day one, they re already rushing forward and there s nothing to stop them. unless congress fixes it. what are the odds of congress fixing it? no, really. what are the odds? the voting rights act that broke the segregationist lock on the ballot box rose from the courage shown on a selma bridge one sunday afternoon in march of 1965. on that day, african-americans including a member of the united states congress, john lewis [ applause ] marched across the edmond pettis bridge in a protest intended to highlight the unfair practice that kept him off the voter rolls. today we renew a bill. my administration will vigorously enforce the provisions of this law and we will defend it in court.
why stop just with voter i.d., he says? he predicted an omnibus voting bill would surface in the senate next week that could go beyond voter i.d. to include issues such as reducing early voting, eliminating sunday voting and barring same-day voter registration. they might not have been able to get away with racially discriminatory policies like that before today, but as of 10:00 a.m. today, go for it. the flood gates are open. the flood gates are open. anything these states with a history of racial discrimination could not get away with before, because they were covered under the voting rights act, and the justice department blocked them, now they can go ahead. and they are. day one, they re already rushing forward and there s nothing to stop them. unless congress fixes it. what are the odds of congress fixing it? no, really. what are the odds? the voting rights act that broke the segregationist lock on the ballot box rose from the courage shown on a selma bridge one sunday afternoon
broke the segregationist lock on the ballot box rose from the courage shown on a selma bridge one sunday afternoon in march of 1965. on that day, african-americans including a member of the united states congress, john lewis [ applause ] marched across the edmund pettus bridge in a protest intended to highlight the unfair practice that kept him off the voter rolls. today we renew a bill. my administration will vigorously enforce the provisions of this law and we will defend it in court. i am proud to sign the voting rights act reauthorization and amendments act of 2006. the vote in the senate that made it possible for then-president george w. bush to reauthorize the voting rights