Session #105 · 1997–99

Speech #1050167461

Just a little while ago we voted with the Republicans to deny the right to spend one dollar to help a senior citizen to the polling place on Election Day. Now we have a proposal that would say voters have to present a Social Security number and card and proof of citizenship. Well. all of this is undermining the voting rights of all of our citizens and. of course. the Voting Rights Act that so many fought and even died for. What are my colleagues on the other side doing? Are they taking us back to the time that many of us know too much about? Literacy tests? Poll tax? Well. some of us and our forefathers have been in this struggle.
Keywords matched
Literacy tests

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
MAXINE WATERS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CA
Gender
F
Date
1998-07-17
Speech ID
1050167461
Paragraph
#0
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