MegaVote: SC 1st, 8/6/2012

Recent Congressional Votes

• Senate: Cybersecurity – Cloture
• Senate: African and Caribbean Trade Preferences/Myanmar Sanctions – Amendment
• House: Senate Confirmation Process – Suspension
• House: Tax Debts – Suspension
• House: District of Columbia Abortion Restriction – Suspension
• House: Tax Cut Extension – Passage
• House: Iran Sanctions – Suspension
• House: Federal Employee Retirement Savings Accounts – Suspension
• House: Tax Code Overhaul – Passage
• House: Drought Assistance – Passage

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Editor's Note: The House and Senate are in recess until Monday, September 10.
Recent Senate VotesCybersecurity – Cloture - Vote Rejected (52-46, 2 Not Voting)

A week after successfully invoking cloture to proceed to cybersecurity legislation, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the bill itself. Bill sponsor Joe Lieberman, I-Ct. and Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. had expressed hope that a compromise could be reached on the amendments to be considered, but Democratic and Republican leaders could not reach an agreement. Even if an amendment agreement had been reached, however, it is still not clear that the bill would muster enough support to pass the Senate. John McCain, R-Ariz. has taken the lead in championing alternative legislation that is backed by business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and supporters of the McCain approach have shown no signs of moving toward a compromise position. A handful of Republicans and Democrats on each side crossed party lines with their votes, including Reid, whose “no” vote allows him to ask for the bill’s reconsideration at a later stage. Reid and Lieberman have vowed to keep pushing the bill, but the legislative calendar has few days remaining before the election, which means the issue may be pushed into a lame-duck session.

Sen. Lindsey Graham voted NO......send e-mail or see bio
Sen. Jim DeMint voted NO......send e-mail or see bio

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African and Caribbean Trade Preferences/Myanmar Sanctions – Amendment - Vote Rejected (40-58, 2 Not Voting)

Congress cleared legislation last week that would renew a program of trade preferences for certain African countries, make technical corrections to free trade agreements with the Dominican Republic and Central America, and extend sanctions on Myanmar for one year. The provisions had bipartisan, bicameral support, but Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. objected to the “pay-fors” in the bill, which he said covered only five years’ worth of spending over a period twice as long. Coburn placed a hold on the bill and insisted on a vote for his amendment before releasing the hold. By unanimous consent it was agreed that the Senate would vote on the Coburn amendment to the Senate version of the bill, and if it failed the Senate would then automatically clear the House-passed version (H.R. 5986), which was exactly the same as the Senate version. The Coburn substitute would have removed the Dominican-Central America and Myanmar provisions and paid for the bill by eliminating trade programs worth $192 million over two years. (The offset in the original bill moved up the due-date for certain corporate taxes.) The amendment failed, thus triggering automatic passage of the House bill, which now awaits the president’s signature.

Sen. Lindsey Graham voted YES......send e-mail or see bio
Sen. Jim DeMint voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Recent House VotesSenate Confirmation Process – Suspension - Vote Passed (261-116, 54 Not Voting)

The House cleared a bill under suspension of the rules that will reduce by 169 the number of executive branch positions requiring Senate confirmation. The bill passed the Senate in June 2011 as part of an effort to streamline Senate operations. The bill also establishes an executive branch study group to report on improving the confirmation process. President Obama will sign it into law.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Tax Debts – Suspension - Vote Passed (263-114, 54 Not Voting)

The House also cleared under suspension this bill, which would make individuals with seriously delinquent tax debts (defined here as one for which a notice of lien has been publicly filed) ineligible for federal employment beginning nine months from the bill’s passage. Current federal employees would be included in the ban. The bill now heads to the Senate, where its prospects are uncertain. A similar measure was introduced early last year by Sen. Coburn, but it has been stuck in committee.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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District of Columbia Abortion Restriction – Suspension - Vote Failed (220-154, 2 Present, 55 Not Voting)

The House fell 30 votes shy of passing a measure that would have banned abortions in our nation’s capital after 20 weeks of pregnancy, except when the life of the mother is endangered. Abortion providers who violated the ban would be subject to fines and up to two years’ imprisonment. They would be required to provide a report on each abortion to the D.C. health agency. Women who seek an abortion would not be subject to prosecution under the bill; however, providers could be sued by such women at a later date. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah has introduced a companion measure, but it is unlikely to receive a vote.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Tax Cut Extension – Passage - Vote Passed (256-171, 3 Not Voting)

In a rejoinder to the Democratic Senate, the House passed this bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for all levels of income for one year. One week prior, the Senate had passed a bill (S. 3412) to extend Bush-era rates only for income up to $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for joint filers. Immediately prior to the vote on H.R. 8, the House rejected two Democratic alternatives – one a companion to the Senate-passed measure (Roll Call 543), and another that would set the cutoff for raising rates at $1 million (Roll Call 544). All 19 Democrats who voted for the measure hail from competitive/conservative-leaning districts.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Iran Sanctions – Suspension - Vote Passed (421-6, 3 Not Voting)

In their ongoing attempt to tighten the noose on Iran in order to prevent that country from obtaining nuclear weapons, the House adopted a resolution last week to concur in the Senate amendment to a bill (H.R. 1905) that had previously passed the House last December. The bill would expand the list of sanctionable activities for third parties to include insuring oil transport vessels and purchasing Iranian debt, among others. The bill also expands sanctions against Syria for human rights abuses. Congressional action came at the same time the Obama administration announced it was sanctioning two banks – one Chinese, one Iraqi – for engaging in business with Iran. After passing H. Res. 750, the Senate immediately agreed to the House amendment and cleared H.R. 1905 by voice vote, sending the underlying bill to the president.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Federal Employee Retirement Savings Accounts – Suspension - Vote Passed (414-6, 1 Present, 9 Not Voting)

Yet another suspension bill that passed the House last week would clarify that retirement savings accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund – a sort of 401(k) for federal employees – is subject to taxation by the IRS. The bill now heads to the Senate.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Tax Code Overhaul – Passage - Vote Passed (232-189, 9 Not Voting)

As a companion of sorts to the extension of the Bush tax cuts, the House also passed a bill to expedite consideration of a tax overhaul bill between now and April 30 of next year. Republicans in both chambers have said an overhaul of the tax code is one of their top priorities in the next Congress. The bill provides a specific definition for what a “tax reform” bill would look like, specifying that it may contain only two individual tax brackets of 10 and no more than 25 percent; a maximum corporate tax of 25 percent; a repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax; broaden the tax base to bring revenue up to 18-19 percent of GDP annually; and a change to a “territorial” tax system, whereby only income earned within U.S. borders would be subject to taxation. Prior to passage, the House rejected a Democratic substitute that would have struck the underlying bill text and replaced it with a series of Congressional findings such as the importance of a progressive tax system and the elimination of tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas (Roll Call 550); and a motion to recommit that would have added a prohibition on eliminating the deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions to the definition of a “tax reform” bill. Upon passage of H.R. 6169, the bill text thereof was inserted into H.R. 8 and the combined bill was sent to the Senate.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Drought Assistance – Passage - Vote Passed (223-197, 10 Not Voting)

Amidst one of the worst droughts to hit the U.S. in decades, the House passed a narrowly-tailored bill last week to provide emergency assistance to livestock owners. Opponents argue the bill provides no relief for growers of commodities such as corn and wheat while supporters contend those losses are covered by crop insurance. Critics also complained about the plan to offset the $383 million cost of the bill with cuts to two conservation programs. The Senate did not clear the bill prior to recessing. Agriculture Committee leaders from both chambers will reportedly meet in August to discuss a comprehensive overhaul.

Rep. Tim Scott voted YES......send e-mail or see bio

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Southern Workers Assembly Forum to Organize Labor
in the South

WHAT: Southern Workers Assembly Forum
 
WHEN: August 9, 2012,  6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
 
WHERE: International Longshoremen Local 1422 Hall, 1142 Morrison Drive, Charleston, SC

 

On September 9th, Southern workers will hold a Southern Workers Assembly (SWA) Forum, where workers will gather in Charleston to speak out about a vision for worker rights as human rights; and begin initial planning toward organizing a rank-and-file led workers movement in the South to build power to realize these human rights. It will include workers speaking from the public and private sectors and sectors excluded from protections under the National Labor Relations Act or state laws.
"In an economy that demands that the majority of the people work in order to provide the basic necessities for themselves and families, worker rights are human rights.? said Erin McKee, President of the Charleston Central Labor Council and Vice President of the S.C. AFL-CIO. ?I receive calls frequently from workers who are afraid to give their names, but want help with workplace issues.? She continues ?They feel that S.C. laws don?t protect workers, but are legislated to suppress wages, benefits and working conditions for workers, while providing employers with unprecedented profits.?  
The Charleston Forum is one of several throughout Southern states to focus on the SWA to be held on Labor Day, September 3^rd , 1 pm- 5pm in Charlotte during the week of the Democratic National Convention. The SWA will be held at Wedgewood Baptist Church in Charlotte. There, also, will be some initial planning to form a Southern Labor Alliance to unite local unions, worker organizations, worker centers and supporters, in launching a Southern campaign to organize a labor movement.
?From the brutal corporate anti-union campaigns like J.P. Stevens, in NC, the Charleston ILA in SC, and Smithfield foods in NC, that saw the beating and jailing of pro-union workers, and the industrial murder of 25 workers by the Imperial Foods Company in Hamlet, NC who had no union.? remarks Saladin Muhammad of the Southern International Worker Justice Campaign, who will be on the panel at the Charleston forum. ? These attacks on workers occurred during the 1970?s through the 2000s, making clear that the legacy of denying worker rights throughout the South continues. The SWA is the start of a movement to challenge and end this legacy.?
To learn more, including a list of endorsers, visit http://southernworker.org   

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‘The Wire’ Season 2: The Power of
Paper

This post covers Episodes 1-3 of the second season of The Wire. For next week, we’ll discuss episodes 4-6.

If the first season of The Wire began with a focus on hands, the second season takes as its most important image paper. Even though the show introduced all of its main characters in the previous season, it has to reorient us to their new positions, and images of paper, both as slang for money and in its literal form, are a critical part of situating old players and introducing new ones.

We begin with the cops, and the bills that change hands between the man running the party on the Capitol Gains and McNulty, miserably assigned to the harbor patrol but not seasick enough to miss the opportunity for a reasonable bribe when he sees it. Kima’s consigned to paperwork, sighing “Fuck me, I still cannot type.” Daniels is stuck shuffling evidence in paper bags in the basement dungeon. Prez is staring at new printouts of photos tacked to a new bulletin board in a new detail office, this time a lonely building out by the water supplied by his father-in-law, Southeastern District Commander Stan Valchek.

Paper is the means of communication amongst criminals, too. Bodie notes down mileage and hands the tally to Stringer, who’s filing other pieces of paper in his pockets. We meet Blind Butchie in his capacity as bank, his most notable characteristic his ability to hear the count correctly. Omar and Dante first meet Kimmy and Tosha when they beat the men to a chance to rob a drug crew?Dante and Omar ambush the women and forge their partnership with them as they sort the bills from the heist into neat piles. In prison, D’Angelo’s transitioned from running the Pit crew to keeping the library neat, but he doesn’t have a sense of which currency is most valuable. “What do you like better? Ultimate Spider-Man or Regular Spider-Man,” a young prisoner asks D while he’s at work. “What’s the difference?” D’Angelo asks him, only to get a “Man, I gotta teach you everything” in response. And on the docks, Frank Sobotka lets stacks speak for him as he desperately tries to prevent defections to local 47, and Johnny Fifty and Ziggy Sobotka exchange slips of paper.

Paper means so many things here. To only be able to push paper is a sign of shame and restriction, in Daniels’ case, an unfair punishment from the department he has tried so hard to serve, in Kima’s case, an act of resentful loyalty to Cheryl, surrounded by a pile of paper of her own in the form of baby books. It can make you, as in a sergeant’s exam, or take your life away, as in the separation agreement McNulty’s wife sends him so it can speak the words she cannot bring herself to utter. To be able to make or share it is a source of pride, though one that can be badly misplaced, as when Ziggy, fatally unable to read any situation correctly, even from the beginning, declares “You know what, Dolores? I made money today” after he and Nicky steal a truck from the docks and sell the contents, prompting her contemptuous “Yeah? What ship came in?” It contains secret knowledge that cannot be spoken immediately out loud, like the note in Stringer’s pocket, the note from Johnny, which Ziggy can speak as soon as he’s far enough away from Johnny that Johnny can’t be traced to the information within it. And it’s a symbol of the value that can lurk in the mundane, as when McNulty sees the news report of the women found in the shipping container in the papers he and Bunk are using to protect the interrogation room table from their crab lunch.

That randomness, the chance that lead Jimmy to this new information, is particularly important. Watching this season again, I was struck by the extent to which Stan Valchek’s selfishness and his petty rivalry with the stevedores over who gets prominent placement for their donated church window end up doing some good. In The Wire: The Musical, the chorus sings “There are complex problems / Inherent in the bureaucratic institutions of the state / But there?s no one to blame / It?s a vast array of personal interests that conflict in a way that undermines the overall system.? But part of the point of The Wire is that goodness is as random as badness. If Stan, in a fit of pique, hadn’t demanded Daniels be put in charge of the detail, Burrell might well have let Daniels walk out the door and on to a legal career. Inertia, for better and for worse, is a more powerful force than meritocracy. Taking the effort to keep Daniels in house lets Burrell preserve the larger inertia that is sweeping him towards a commissionership.

And Valchek may not have convinced Prez that it’s better to adhere towards the vision he laid out for a younger man: “I think you’re going to take the Sergeant’s exam next month…you’re going to make sergeant. Then you’re going to come out here to the Southeast where, because of your father-in-law, you’re going to be assigned a daytime shift in a quiet sector. Then you’ll take the Lieutenant’s exam, where you’ll also score high…If you’ll just shut up and listen to me, you might actually have a career in this department.” But giving the detail some heft is an easier way to keep Prez from fighting that vision, and keep him from doing anything that might keep him from progressing towards those high scores on those tests, and the badges and stripes that go with those particularly powerful pieces of paper.

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http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2012/08/06/642041/the-wire-season-2/

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Rick Perry Factors Into State Budget Obamacare
Funds He Had Pledged To Reject

Eight days after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate and ruled that the federal government cannot penalize states that refuse to expand Medicaid, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) announced that he would not open the program to more applicants. But while he was making a public show of turning down federal funds, Perry was using the additional dollars in state budget projections.

In a letter explaining how he would fill a budget gap left by Texas’ decision to defund Planned Parenthood, Perry’s office uses the money the federal government will pay states that make Medicaid available to individuals up to 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Line in its budgetary assumptions:

Greta Rymal, Deputy Executive Commissioner for Financial Services, has projected the fiscal impact of this rule for three years, assuming that all clients will be eligible for Medicaid following the expansion of the Medicaid program in January 2014 [...]

Several months ago, the Texas health commissioner signed a rule to ban Planned Parenthood or any organization the state considers an “abortion affiliate” from participating in Medicaid’s Women’s Health Program, which “provides low-income women with family planning exams, related health screenings and birth control” throughout Texas. The state’s discrimination against a specific health provider violated federal rules and led Washington, which had financed 90 percent of the WHP through Medicaid funds, to block Texas from receiving further funding for the program.

According to a new report from the George Washington University School of Public Health, more than 52,000 people benefited from Planned Parenthood’s services as part of the Women’s Health Program in Texas in 2010.

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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/06/647211/perry-medicaid-expansion-pp/

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Open thread: Curiosity's seven minutes of terror

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New House Bill Tries To Save Medical Marijuana
Dispensaries From Justice Department Lawsuits

In 2009, the Justice Department formally announced that it would not direct its limited resources towards medical marijuana dispensaries acting in full compliance with state law. According to a memo from then-Deputy Attorney General David Ogden, federal prosecutors “should not focus federal resources . . . on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana.” Recently, however, U.S. Attorneys in states such as California and Colorado, where medical marijuana use is legal, have began threatening to seize the buildings that house medical marijuana dispensaries unless the dispensaries’ landlords evict their cannabis-providing tenants.

Recently, DOJ set its sights on California’s Harborside Health Center, the largest medical marijuana dispensary in the world, suing to shut down Harborside’s two branches in Oakland and San Jose. Yet it is not at all clear how these suits can be squared with the Department’s 2009 memorandum. Harborside worked closely with Oakland officials to craft a strict regulatory regime to monitor their industry, and city officials agree that Harborside is in full compliance with state and local laws.

On Thursday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the States’ Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act, which would stop the DOJ from going after dispensaries’ landlords through asset forfeiture laws. According to Americans for Safe Access, the mere threat of these kinds of lawsuits have been enough to shutter roughly 400 medical marijuana dispensaries in California.

Lee’s bill comes on the heels of the bipartisan Truth In Trials Act, sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), among others. More extensive than Lee’s measure, the bill would allow state-licensed medical marijuana users to defend against federal prosecutions or lawsuits, by showing that they were in fact in compliance with state law. It also would prevent the government from seizing cannabis plants that are legal under state law.

As recently as June 7 of this year, Holder reiterated in a House Judiciary Committee that DOJ would only take action against dispensaries operating “out of conformity with state law.” Yet there does not appear to be any evidence that Harborside, which tests all its products in a lab for safety and pays $3 million in federal, state and local taxes, is in violation of California law. U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, who is responsible for the actions against Harborside, could only point to the fact that Harborside is a large operation, and “[t]he larger the operation, the greater the likelihood that there will be abuse of the state’s medical marijuana laws.”

While they gear up for a legal battle, Harborside is also calling for an immediate freeze on the patchwork enforcement actions against dispensaries operating under different state laws until a top-level federal review can determine whether U.S. Attorneys are acting appropriately in targeting these dispensaries. The need for one coherent federal policy will only grow, as 17 states and the District of Columbia currently have medical marijuana laws on the books, and more medical marijuana ballot initiatives are likely to pass this year. An unprecedented majority of Americans favor marijuana legalization, while 3 in 4 believe the federal government should leave marijuana users alone as long as they comply with state law.

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/08/06/644121/new-house-bill-tries-to-save-m
edical-marijuana-dispensaries-from-justice-department-lawsuits/

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Missouri Supreme Court Approves Ballot Initiative
That Would Cap Interest Rates On Payday Loans

The Missouri Supreme Court last week approved a ballot initiative that, if passed, would place a cap on payday lending rates. The ruling is a victory for fair lending groups and consumers in a state that has some of the loosest payday lending regulations in the country. The law would cap rates at 36 percent, a far cry from the current situation, where rates can exceed 400 percent. Missourians for Responsible Lending, a coalition that includes faith-based organizations and consumer groups, has pushed the initiative, which will now appear on the November ballot despite heavy spending from outside interests intent on keeping it off. (HT Nick Sementelli)

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Missouri Republican Forced To Take Down Marine
Logo On Campaign Bus

John Brunner

A Missouri Republican candidate for Senate is taking down the United States Marine Corps logo from his campaign bus after a local paper questioned the campaign on whether the logo was being used in violation of federal trademark guidelines.

Missourians will cast their ballots in the primary tomorrow, but Senate hopeful John Brunner will have to make his last few campaign stops without the RV’s military insignia. A local businessman who served in the Marines, Brunner often touts his military experience along the campaign trail. Nevertheless, brandishing the logo for political purposes is against the law, according to the Marine Corps Trademark and Licensing Program’s “Frequently Asked Questions“:

I’m running for a political office and am a former Marine. Can I use Marine Corps trademarks on my campaign materials?

No, you may not use the official Marine Corps Seal, Eagle, Globe and Anchor (EGA), or any other USMC insignia or trademark in this manner, since it might create the impression that your candidacy is endorsed by or affiliated with the USMC in some way, or that the USMC has chosen your candidacy over other candidates. You are more than welcome, to simply and accurately state that you are a Marine Corps veteran, that’s fine, that’s a fact. But using the EGA which is a trademark of the USMC, and protected by Federal law (please see 10 USC 7881) is something you may not do.

Credit: Gregg Palermo (Creve Cour Patch)

Brunner’s press secretary said they will “remove the sticker just to be cautious,” although the campaign “believes that the RV does not constitute campaign materials.”

Last month, Mother Jones discovered a similar infraction from an anti-Obama PAC purporting to speak on behalf of veterans and active duty soldiers. The group has since removed trademarked insignia military insignia from its website and social media pages.

– Steven Perlberg

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France’s Catholic Church Revives
‘National Prayer’ Against Gay Adoption

In symbolic opposition to same-sex adoption, the French Catholic Church plans to revive the “15 August Prayer for the Assumption” later this month, a custom originally decreed by Louis XIII in 1638. The prayer — which fell out of favor after World War II — asks God to to compel those elected to govern to have a “sense of common good of society” which “outweighs the special requests” they receive. In this case, “special request” refers to the new President Francois Hollande’s intended legislation to grant nationwide same-sex marriage and adoption rights in 2013. French bishops usually lay low, but a church spokesman told Reuters that they wanted to “raise the consciousness of public opinion about grave social choices,” as the prayer specifically makes note of the “benefit from the love of a father and a mother.” Recent polling shows that about two-thirds of the French support marriage equality.

– Steven Perlberg

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ational-prayer-against-gay-adoption/

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Federal Judge Allows Military Groups To Intervene
In Voting Rights Lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Peter C. Economus granted a motion on Monday allowing 15 military groups to intervene in the Obama campaign’s early voting lawsuit, which seeks to restore the ability of all Ohio voters to vote in-person during the three day period leading up to election day. While Ohio has allowed early voting through this period since 2005, the state legislature restricted early voting this year exclusively to members of the military and their families. Mitt Romney’s campaign falsely smeared the lawsuit, claiming that Obama is trying to take away voting rights rather than restore them.

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http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/06/648961/federal-judge-allows-military
-groups-to-intervene-in-voting-rights-lawsuit/

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