President Bush Signs Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 - J

President Bush on Thursday said, "In four decades since the Voting Rights Act was first passed, we've made progress toward equality, yet the work for a more perfect union is never ending. We'll continue to build on the legal equality won by the civil rights movement to help ensure that every person enjoys the opportunity that this great land of liberty offers. ... Today, we renew a bill that helped bring a community on the margins into the life of American democracy."

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