Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120511:22:58:00
We've talked a lot about republican efforts to suppress the vote in this election. this week paul brown of georgia introduced an amendment to gut funding to enforce the voting rights act. specifically the portion of the law that protects mie knotty voters. then congressman john lewis rolls to the house floor and offered this powerful emotional critique of the amendment. >> it's shameful that you would come here tonight and say to the department of justice that you must not use one penny, one cent, one dime, one dollar to carry out the mandate. people died for the right to
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