Six Texas Republicans Vote Against Reauthorization Of Voting Rights Act
By Vince Leibowitz on Jul 13, 2006 in Texas Congressional Delegation
Six Texas Republicans were among 33 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted against Reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act Thursday Afternoon. A seventh Congressman, Pete Sessions (R-Dallas), failed to vote at all.
Congressmen Ron Paul (R-Surfside), Mac Tornberry (R-Clarendon), Sam Johnson (R-Plano), Mike Conway (R-Brownwood), Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas) and Joe Barton (R-Ennis) were the six Texans voting against the legislation which was first passed in 1965 and signed into law by another Texan, President Lyndon B. Johnson.
That rumbling you felt earlier today? That was Abraham Lincoln spinning in his grave.