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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1461)	1/26/2001 2:16:58 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Why doesn't the Senate hold Ashcroft responsible for violation of The Voting Rights Act when Ashcroft was Governor of Missouri? TP, it seems like there is strong evidence that he ASHCROFT tried to keep blacks and perhaps other minorities from voting--Mephisto Ms. A. Snow Jones said: "Mr. Ashcroft vetoed two bills while governor of Missouri. Both were intended to increase voter registration in St. Louis, which is predominantly African-American and Democratic. While voter registration in the city was several percentage points above the national average, it was 15 percentage points below the rate in the surrounding white, Republican county. Mr. Ashcroft vetoed the first bill because it singled out St. Louis. In anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, he felt that the absence of a uniform application of the law to all of Missouri warranted the veto. The state legislature then sent him a bill that applied to the entire state. He vetoed that bill on the grounds that it violated citizen rights to fair elections since it might make voter fraud more likely. " (Excerpt from Trying to read underneath By Alison Snow Jones sunspot.net TP, And we also read in either NYTimes or Washington Post that Mr. Ashcroft would not even let the League of Women Voters go into the minority area of St. Louis which is mostly black to register voters. Also, in a recent action, b4 Mr. Clinton left office, the Justice Department files a suit against: Charleston County, S.C. that alleges violation of the voting rights of black voters. U.S. Sues Charleston County, S.C., Alleging Violation of Black Voting Rights TP, although Justice Department officials wouldn't talk about the suit, the acting attorney general said: "in a prepared statement Bill Lann Lee, the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights, said it had been filed to protect minority rights"………. "Since the Voting Rights Act was adopted in 1965, the Justice Department has filed many lawsuits, under presidents of both parties, to end at- large voting in cities and counties with large minority populations. EXCERPT from article U.S. Sues Charleston County, S.C., Alleging Violation of Black Voting Rights January 19, 2001 By DAVID FIRESTONE From The New York Times nytimes.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1461)	1/26/2001 2:25:43 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The NYTimes and Washington Post mentioned the desegregation problem which got back to Senate. "Similarly, as Missouri attorney general, he (ASHCROFT)fought school desegregation on the argument that it imposed undue costs on taxpayers. He made no effort to fashion a desegregation plan that would work. It never seemed to occur to him that there might be more than tax dollars at stake". Excerpt from Trying to read underneath By Alison Snow Jones sunspot.net

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1461)	1/26/2001 2:33:08 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Daschle Denies He Gave Bush Ashcroft Assurance "Daschle said what he actually told Bush was that his Senate Democratic caucus would not try to mount a filibuster, a procedural delay, against any of the president's nominees" By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House insisted on Thursday that Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle assured President Bush that John Ashcroft would be confirmed as attorney general -- even though Daschle denied it. ``I stand by what I said,'' Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters at the White House -- just hours after Daschle told reporters on Capitol Hill it was not true. Fleischer quoted Daschle as telling the president, shortly after their meeting on Wednesday, ``You will not be denied your choice of nominees.'' Daschle said what he actually told Bush was that his Senate Democratic caucus would not try to mount a filibuster, a procedural delay, against any of the president's nominees. `I will hold to that commitment,'' Daschle said on Thursday. But ``that in no way would imply that I have some personal knowledge about how each of my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, are going to vote. I don't.'' dailynews.yahoo.com