Norton Much Encouraged by Historic Senate Vote Tuesday (9/12/07)

Norton Much Encouraged by Historic Senate Vote Tuesday
September 12, 2007

Washington, DC-Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she is delighted that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) today filed for cloture on the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. A cloture vote will take place on next Tuesday to limit debate that, when successful, allows the bill to move to the Senate floor for a full vote. "The only way to stop it now is for opponents to reach back to the old and much discredited Senate practice of filibustering voting rights and civil rights bills," Norton said. "I am grateful to the three Republican Senators who voted with Democrats to move the bill out of committee with a 9 to 1 bipartisan vote, and to the Republicans who said they will vote on the bill on the floor. I know that D.C. residents also will be elated that in just days we will be taking another giant and historic step toward getting a full House vote."