#co

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #due #expire #extend #federal

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#become #been #clear #custody #detainees

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #excesses #going #pale #today

What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#bill #billion #breaks #companies #energy

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#concessions #life #reciprocal #society #subsist

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars. ↗

— Carrie P. Meek

#another #bill #billions #build #congress

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference. ↗

— Carrie P. Meek

#character #communities #cycle #improve #indifference

I wanted to create a picture in music of what could be up there in outer space. ↗

— Joe Meek

#create #i #music #outer #outer space

Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american families #biggest #biggest obstacle #consistently

For Members of Congress, we are saying here on the Democratic side of the aisle we are not going to vote for another pay increase for Members of Congress until the American people get an increase. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#american #american people #another #congress #democratic