re: Sheila Jackson Lee and the Congressional Black Caucus storm the Senate

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"It is a department that deals with the issues of civil rights mostly, it deals with the issue of voting rights, and the empowerment of women. It deals with the issues of protecting those on the questions of marriage equality, gender discrimination and no record has been more potent against all of those issues," she said, speaking about Sessions but not mentioning any specifics about his positions over the years.

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Because why the frick not.

Dare we actually request they actually defend their beliefs with actual facts and substance.

And all this from the people who supported Holder and Lynch. I'm done man, I seriously have no words.

Little known fact...Rosa DeLauro is actually Keith Richards pulling a joke on people.

If SJL is against it then it must be a good thing.

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King's letter described a 1984 voter fraud case Sessions prosecuted as one "one more technique used to intimidate black voters and thus deny them this most precious franchise

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The case Coretta was writing about?

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That particular case involved complaints from one black candidate that another black candidates' supporters were illegally tampering with elderly voters' ballots. The defendants, including close King associate Al Turner, were eventually cleared of wrongdoing

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I guess Sessions shouldn't have tried to do right by one black candidate when a verdict could have gone against another black candidate.

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Senators think members of congress are one step above janitorial staff.

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What???? They're not janitorial staff? Who's gonna clean up the mess?

Sheila Jackson Lee once hosted a spelling bee. No, an Indian kid did not win.

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1984

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He said he was sorry. Really, really sorry.

Worked for Senator Byrd.