On Voting Rights Act, Bush says one thing and does another (DNC)

[ProSense]

President Bush and His "Do One Thing, Say Another" Approach to the Voting Rights Act

December 5, 2005

Washington, DC - One day after President Bush finally called on Congress to extend the Voting Rights Act, a new report in today's Washington Post shows the extent and impact of a concerted effort by the Bush Administration and Republicans in Washington to undercut that landmark legislation. The report shows that political appointees at the Justice Department rejected the advice of eight experts in the Department's Civil Rights Division and approved former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's Texas redistricting plan despite the experts' finding that the plan "illegally diluted black and Hispanic voting power."


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Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement:

"The news that the political cronies President Bush installed at the Justice Department overruled the objections of the Department's civil rights experts to push through Tom DeLay's Texas redistricting plan is the latest example of President Bush's 'say one thing, do another' approach to promoting civil rights. While giving lip service to promoting equal rights and protections under the law, the Bush Administration has systematically undercut those same protections.

"The right to vote is the most fundamental, basic right we enjoy as American citizens, and one of our government's most important responsibilities is to do everything in its power to protect the ability of every American to exercise that right. Sadly, the Bush Administration has failed to live up to this responsibility.

"This incident is also the latest evidence that fostering the culture of corruption the Bush Administration, Tom DeLay and their cronies have brought to Washington trumps all other concerns- even our nation's most cherished and fundamental civil rights protections.


http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/12/president_bush_7.php

[Anita Garcia]

1. So the Republicans are not fighting the reauthorization in 2007?