Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 527) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 527 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) March 7, 2015, will mark 50 years since the brave Foot Soldiers of the Voting Rights Movement first attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery on ``Bloody Sunday'' in protest against the denial of their right to vote, and were brutally assaulted by Alabama state troopers. (2) Beginning in 1964, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee attempted to register African- Americans to vote throughout the state of Alabama. (3) These efforts were designed to ensure that every American citizen would be able to exercise their constitutional right to vote and have their voices heard. (4) By December of 1964, many of these efforts remained unsuccessful. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., working with leaders from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, began to organize protests throughout Alabama.…”