City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0202R

• File #: 06-0202R
• Version: 0
• Name: An Open Letter of Appreciation to the Maryland Delegation to the 109th Congress of the United States for Passage of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 8/14/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 8/14/2006
• Title: An Open Letter of Appreciation to the Maryland Delegation to the 109th Congress of the United States for Passage of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 FOR the purpose of congratulating the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 109th Congress for their participation in adopting this Act that will "ensure that the right of all citizens to vote, including the right to register to vote and cast meaningful votes, is preserved and protected as guaranteed by the Constitution" of the United States.
• Sponsors: President Dixon, Keiffer Mitchell, James B. Kraft, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, Paula Johnson Branch, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Mary Pat Clarke, Kenneth Harris, Rochelle Spector, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Resolution, Voter Rights Act

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
8/14/2006	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Dixon, Councilmembers Mitchell, Kraft



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
An Open Letter of Appreciation to the Maryland Delegation to the 109th Congress of the United States for Passage of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006

FOR the purpose of congratulating the Honorable Members of the Maryland Delegation to the 109th Congress for their participation in adopting this Act that will "ensure that the right of all citizens to vote, including the right to register to vote and cast meaningful votes, is preserved and protected as guaranteed by the Constitution" of the United States.
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Recitals

On July 27th, the Office of the Press Secretary announced that the President of the United States had signed into law the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 that reauthorized the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) that "was designed to restore the birthright of every American - the right to choose our leaders. It has been vital to guaranteeing the right to vote for generations of Americans and has helped millions of our citizens enjoy the full promise of freedom. In signing this bill [the President] honored the memory of three women who devoted their lives to the struggle for civil rights.."

"The President has commi...