US Commission on Civil Rights will Not Discuss Bush Record Until After Election
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 04:02PM
TheSpook
The United States Commission on Civil Rights voted on Friday to wait until after next month's election to discuss a report critical of the Bush administration's civil rights record. Republican members had objected to the report's timing. The report remains posted on the commission's Web site (http://www.usccr.gov/), despite objections from Republican commissioners. The report says Mr. Bush "has neither exhibited leadership on pressing civil rights issues, nor taken actions that matched his words" on the subject. It finds fault with Mr. Bush's funding requests for civil rights enforcement; his positions on voting rights, educational opportunity and affirmative action; and his actions against hate crimes. [more ]
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