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Mar 21, 2007
Republicans Line Up Against Voting Rights Bill
President George Bush has issued the orders, and now his loyal adherents will carry them out. Yesterday Bush declared that he would veto legislation that would grant the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives, calling the proposal unconstitutional. Today the Post reports that Republican leaders in the House are pushing members to vote against the legislation (originally scheduled for a vote today, but pushed off until as late as next week), going…