Williamsburg virginia, i had to leave for an Important Senate vote on iraq. Handed the gavel to our most conservative republican member. Someone in whom i had trust. That shocked people. But it helped on the consensus. In the end, we were proud, madam president , to vote 320, in support of the legislation that we put forward, and our policy statement as a whole. And that included both policies ed through the creation of a new refundable Child Tax Credit for the first time, and a major expansion hoff the earned income tax credit, which has lifted millions of American Families out of poverty. It worked. Because we listened to one another. Respected one another. And we wanted to come to an agreement. It was clear, obvious. And there it was, 320. Unbelievable but it happened. Is that possible these days . My answer is, yes. And i believe that we can see that the spirit again, as we address the future of the bipartisan Childrens Health Insurance Program shift, thats the way its known. It cu
Came out two weeks ago latinos and the Voting Rights act the search for racial purpose. Both of these deal with the same phenomenon. The rapidly growing latino population of the United States and the way the population impacted politics. According to census figures in 2000 the latino population, in 2010, it is 16. 3 and projections that it will be 25 by 2015. Matchbook looks at the impact of the growing population and through polling determines what latinos at thinking about politics and why people are voting and what theyre not voting. Henrys book looks at the response to this phenomenon, the efforts, to dilute and suppress the effects of the latinos surge through redistricting, voter id laws and challenges to the Voting Rights act in 1965. We had democrats in texas and elsewhere saying the time is on the Democratic Partys id, and joy on the other hand republicans saying latinos are socially conservative and the famous Ronald Reagan line latinos are republicans, they just dont know it