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Elijah Lewis: “Do we want to be responsible for stabbing the Voting Rights Act in the heart? We must defeat with all that we have, with…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2006
Do we want to be responsible for stabbing the Voting Rights Act in the heart? We must defeat with all that we have, with all of our power, with all of our votes the Westmoreland amendment.
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Elijah Lewis
Democratic · Georgia

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