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Patrick Leahy: “It would be a travesty if the Voting Rights Act were to become partisan for the very first time in this Nation's…”

On the recordJune 24, 2014
It would be a travesty if the Voting Rights Act were to become partisan for the very first time in this Nation's history.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the importance of bipartisan support for the Voting Rights Act.

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