Pelosi Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Texas Redistricting

Washington, D.C. - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to the United States Supreme Court's decision that the 2004 redistricting in Texas violated the Voting Rights Act:

"Today's ruling by the Supreme Court striking down portions of the gerrymandered Texas congressional map supports what Democrats have long said: Republicans are willing to curtail the rights of minorities for partisan gain.

"Congress must take immediate action to correct this redistricting scheme that illegally denied minority voters their rights. We should pass Democratic legislation to conduct non-partisan redistricting and to bar mid-decade redistricting.

"The Republican Leadership also must end the delay and allow Congress to vote on the bipartisan, bicameral legislation reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act. This legislation is more important than ever given today's Supreme Court ruling."

Oh, wait, the Repubs still control it...never mind...

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This issue accounts for part of WHY they are in power.