GOP Leader Joins in Supporting DC Vote

Written by: Joseph Kitchen on May 1, 2007 11:39 PM EDT

A prominent Republican senator, Orrin G. Hatch, threw his weight behind the D.C. voting-rights bill yesterday in what supporters called a possible breakthrough in getting the legislation approved by that chamber.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), who introduced the bill yesterday with Hatch (Utah), said both men would start lining up support in the Senate. Lieberman, chairman of the key Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pledged to hold a hearing on the legislation this month.

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