Norton: D.C. Voting Rights Bill Vote Soon

By Robert "Rob" Redding Jr.

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July 25, 2007, 12:40 p.m. -  D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton today said she is confident that there will be a vote in the Senate on a bill that gives District residents a vote in the House of Representatives.

The Democrat said - although the bill has not been scheduled before the Senate's August recess - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised her that a vote will take place soon.

"Harry Reid has long supported our rights and he's a man of his word," she said. "His job is to find room amidst a crowded backlog of bills that must pass and our job is to keep pushing for floor time."

Reid was not immediately available for comment.

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Norton said that gaps in Senate scheduling could occur next week that might still make consideration possible.

"The civil rights coalition, prominent Americans, and elected officials, including the entire Utah Senate delegation, and according to national polls, the American people themselves, have given our bill the momentum it needs for passage," she said. "If we do not get to the Senate floor next week, we will use the August recess to make a September floor vote all but inevitable."

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