owes the very presence in this chamber to the voting rights act of '65. >> that was congresswoman terri sewell before the house voted on the voting rights act. >> on this vote the yeas are 228 and the nays are 187. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> that was the re-authorization of the voting rights act. every re-authorization of the voting eights act since 1965 has received bipartisan support. in 2006 192 republicans voted for that re-authorization.