0 area. they tried to change the way they conduct elections in this district. they tried to cut the number of polling places in this district from 84 polling places down to 12. and the list of 12 proposed new polling places had one very notable feature. the new list made if really easy to vote if you were a white person and really hard to vote if you were not a white person. look, the site with the smallest proportion of minority voters, so the whitest voting site was set up to serve 6,500 voters. the most heavily minority site serves over 67,000 voters. the big new election idea in this election district in texas is it should serve ten times as many voters as the whitest polling place. the justice department told that election district in texas that they could not do that. they could not make that change. the justice department looked at that plan and told them to try again. to try to find a way that was more fair. that happened because texas officials have to get an advanced okay fro
0 patrick. mr. cowan promised not to run for the seat on a permanent basis. he s spent his months on capitol hill essentially keeping his head down, keeping the business of the massachusetts senate seat rolling. he s been voting basically the way john kerry would have voted and been keeping the seat warm for the dually elected next u.s. senator from massachusetts who has been chosen by the voters of massachusetts today. again, the polls close the an hour and a minute ago. we ll keep you posted as we get senate, on the house side of capitol hill today, today was the day when they had to make a decision about stan musial, the baseball player who played for the st. louis cardinals. quite possibly one of the greatest hitters of all-time. baseball legend. a legendary hitter, a legendary gentleman, legendary nice guy. for 22 years, stan the man played for just one team. played for the cardinals. it today and they debated and they voted that the stan musial veterans memorial bridge just shoul
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the news of the day from our nation s capital. the supreme court, for example washington, d.c., president obama and his family getting ready to take off on the long trip to africa. we ve got that covered as well. we ll bring you up to date on everything that s going on as well and give you a chance to comment. that s what makes if so special. your calls your comments, your calls at 1-866-55-press. your comments on twitter at bpshow and on facebook, facebook.com/billpressshow. president obama and the first family leave this morning for a week-long trip to africa take them to senegal to south africa and tanzania. by the way former president george w. bush is going to be on the african continent at the same time. there is no plan now for them to hook up. but of course, all eyes will be on the hospital in pretoria where the great nelson mandela remains in critical condition. here in the united states, the supreme court took a sledgehammer yesterday to the voting rights act and vl
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