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Colin Allred: “In 2005, we extended the Voting Rights Act, where it passed…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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But you don't have to go back too far, only to 2005, when we, when the Senate and the House and the presidency, when In 2005, we extended the Voting Rights Act, where it passed almost unanimously in the Senate. had an overwhelming vote in the House, and a republican president in George W. Bush signed that reauthorization of the VRA. That's not ancient history. (13:19–13:37)

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Asserts that the Voting Rights Act was extended in 2005 with near-unanimous Senate support.

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