he had marched in the 1960s. he was beaten so badly he was nearly killed trying to cross the bridge in selma, alabama for voting rights. congressman cantor joined john lewis on his annual pilgrimage back to alabama in 2013 and again in 2014. the night the supreme court ruled against the voting rights act, eric cantor cited his pro-found experience john lewis in alabama. he said, i m hopeful congress will put politics aside as we did on that trip and find a reasonable path forward then sures that the sacred obligation of voting in this country remains protected. eric cantor said he was on board for finding some sort of reasonable path forward from day one. then in january, a bipartisan group of lawmakers put forward legislation to restore the voting rights act. the bill made a big exception for state laws that require voters to show new forms of i.d.
policies like requiring i.d. that black and hispanic voters were less likely to have, or cutting the days for early voting that were favored by black churches. something else happened after that supreme court decision that was really interesting to watch. no mainstream republicans wanted to be seen as cheering too hard for what the court had done, even though it was the five republican appointed justices who made up the majority in that decision. a few key republicans in congress said they wanted to put some of the votes rights act back into place. eric cantor had begun joining congressman john lewis on his pilgrimage to alabama. he had marched in the 1960s. he was beaten so badly he was nearly killed trying to cross the bridge in selma, alabama, for voting rights. congressman cantor joined john lewis on his annual pilgrimage
nearly killed trying to cross the bridge in selma, alabama for voting rights. congressman cantor joined john lewis on his annual pilgrimage back to alabama in 2013 and again in 2014. the night the supreme court ruled against the voting rights act, eric cantor cited his pro-found experience john lewis in alabama. he said, i m hopeful congress will put politics aside as we did on that trip and find a reasonable path forward that ensures that the sacred obligation of voting in this country remains protected. eric cantor said he was on board for finding some sort of reasonable path forward from day one. then in january, a bipartisan group of lawmakers put forward legislation to restore the voting rights act. the bill made a big exception for state laws that require voters to show new forms of i.d. the bill sponsors reportedly did that to attract support from eric cantor.
board, since he s the guy who decides what the house votes on and what they don t. for all of their courtship, what they got was nothing. the bipartisan bill to shore up the voting rights act has been referred to committee and there it languishes. while that committee chairman seems to be in no hurry to do anything with it. and congressman cantor says he s continuing to have conversations about the bill. so with the old protections gone, today, two of the states that went ahead with new voting restrictions once the voting right acting was gone, two of those states sent people to the polls today under those new restrictions that they couldn t get away with before. in alabama, this maiden voyage occasioned a $1,000 bounty offered by the alabama republican party for tips leading to convictions of voter fraud and promised to have
they even left his home state of virginia off the list of states that need special attention. this bill was a valentine to eric cantor trying to get him on board, since he s the guy who decides what the house votes on and what they don t. for all of their courtship, what they got was nothing. the bipartisan bill to shore up the voting rights act has been referred to committee and there it languishes. while that committee chairman seems to be in no hurry to do anything with it. and congressman cantor says he s continuing to have conversations about the bill. so with the old protections gone, today, two of the states that went ahead with new voting restrictions once the voting right acting was gone, two of those states sent people to the polls today under those new restrictions that they couldn t get away with before. in alabama, this maiden voyage occasioned a $1,000 bounty offered by the alabama