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Why The Voting Rights Act is Doomed
#Fail
President Obama’s call to renew the VRA is DOA on Capitol Hill—despite the best efforts of a conservative Republican congressman.
Eleanor Clift
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Mar. 14 2015
6:45AM EDT
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