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HRES 751 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation State and local government operations Voting rights

Calling on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and condemning voter suppression laws enacted by States and political subdivisions.

Introduced: February 26, 2018 Introduced by: Norton, Eleanor Holmes Democratic · District of Columbia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Mar 8, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Feb 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, based on the Voting Rights Amendment Act and the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Condemns the use by states and political subdivisions of specified voter suppression laws and techniques.

What's happening now March 8, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Sep 4, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 751: Calling on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and condemning voter suppression laws enacted by States and political subdivisions.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-751/
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"H. Res. 751: Calling on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and condemning voter suppression laws enacted by States and political subdivisions.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-751/.
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H. Res. 751, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-751/.
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[H. Res. 751: Calling on Congress to enact a new preclearance formula for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and condemning voter suppression laws enacted by States and political subdivisions.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-751/)
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