The DC Voting Rights bill - HR 1433 - is moving along on the greased track laid out by the Dem leadership in the House.  Expect a floor vote week of March 26th.

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the consitutionality of the bill March 14.  Jonathan Turley, the ubiquitous media quote-meister, was the designated constitutional scold for the Repubs.  I am not a lawyer, but I find the constitutional quibbling frustrating.  What in the Constitution (amended) contemplates disenfranchising a large group of Americans?  If Congress figures out a way to accomplish this goal (thank you Tom Davis) the courts should accept it and brush aside the theoretical legal doomsday scenarios sketched out by opponents.

Judiciary is voting today on the bill.  Hope the Dems show up in greater numbers than they did at the hearing.  The Repub opponents outnumbered Dem supporters throughout the hearing.  DC residents at the hearing stood in silence at one point -- c'mon Dems, the city votes 90%+ for you!  Show up and vote.