Supreme Court deals blow to Black Caucus voting rights efforts
| Less than 24 hours after the Congressional Black Caucus made a direct appeal for the fast-tracking of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the Supreme Court delivered a potent blow to the original Voting Rights Act (VRA) as it upheld a pair of Arizona voting rights restrictions.
CBC chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) on Wednesday night had said that the caucus wanted to see the bill named after the late Georgia congressman and voting rights champion pushed to the House floor for a vote by July 16, the end of the chamber’s upcoming committee work week. |
