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H.RES.846

H.RES.846: Calling on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act and condemning voter suppression laws enacted by States and political subdivisions.

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Introduced Sept. 6, 2016
Latest Major Action Sept. 8, 2016

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)

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22 (All Democrats)

Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)
William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.)
Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Karen Bass (D-Calif.)
Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)
Al Green (D-Texas)
Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)
James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.)
Cedric Richmond (D-La.)
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.)
Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)
Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)
John Lewis (D-Ga.)
André Carson (D-Ind.)
Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

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Introduced in House - Sept. 6, 2016

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Calls on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, based on the Voting Rights Amendment Act and the Voting Rights Advancement Act. Condemns the use by states and political subdivisions of specified voter suppression laws and techniques.

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Date	Description
Sept. 8, 2016	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Sept. 6, 2016	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sept. 6, 2016	Introduced in the House by Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)

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Introduced in the House by Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)