SAT., JANUARY 16.1932 THE CAROLINA TIMES r
fil Sp.natnfs CnsnonsorVotina Riohts Extension Helms-East Refrain
On December 16,
1981,., Senators Charles
McC. Mathias (R-MD)
and Edward M. Kennedy -,
(D-MA) introduced S.
i 1992, a-bill to extend the
Voting . Rights Act of.
1965. Sixty-one senators
cosponsored r jme ' bill, ,
JHpntiralfA 14 R 1112.
which passed the House.'
on October 5 by a vote of
. ion li ',' "
JOtt ' - r
Twenty-one -;
Republicans including
i eight i , , committee
Act is a fundamental',; Associate Legai C?ye
national legislative com-. of the ; - Mexican
mitment;' he said, v :' American Legal Defense
S. 1992, like its House-, Fund, said -that "our
passed 'counterpart, v overwhelming victory in
H.R. 3112, provides for:
. K" Continuation of
the . preclearance. provi
sion of , the Act while
providing reasonable in
centives for. statesA'and
counties to "bail out'',
from the preclearance re
quirement. '
2. Continuation until
Aueust 6. 1992 ot re
October in , the House
paved . the way for
today's introduction and
strong support In the
Senate. " , .' Nevertheless, February
Neas-cautioned that 61
cosponsors is ( not
necessarily' equivalent to
61 votes for S. 1992 in
the exact form that it was
introduced, '"The," fact
Coming Senate Action
: Senator Orrin hatch
(R-UT), chairman of the
Senate - Judiciary Sub
committee on the Con-,
stitution,' has scheduled
continues to advocate
quite ' energetically an
amendment - requiring
specific proof ' of.
discriminatory intent in
critics of the "VRA" are' 'organizations - are
also xpected to try to carefully monitoring
weaken the bail-out pro-, procedural actions,
visions included in H.R. "There is more than one
3112 and S. 1992 and way to filibuster a bill,"
votinc discrimination mayiry 10 revive iiauun-, a reponer commemea ai
. ... ' .: j . : a ; m ts j.j
hearings to v begin cases, supporters oi tne ; wiuccaiciiuh ui mew .,me iviamias-iveiiiieuy
January 20 .and ; run' Act maintain that such ;as an issue. : press conference. VRA
through -the ; end of: an amendment would In addition to substan- , proponents, working to
Sen. Hatch' crippie tne Act. aenaie uc mu. vmi i6u avert uciaymg wtms u
the committee level, have
urged that S. 1992 be
considered on the Senate
floor, by early spring.
Senator Kennedy noted
that Senate ' Majority
Leader Howard Baker
(R-TN) "has . con
siderable interest in mov
ing forward.'
chairmen joined forty . f bilingual 'that 61 Senators signed
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.. &
ing the legislation. .m
good ; number - of
Southern - Democrats
Russell Long (D-LA)
1 told ; National Public
Radio porrespondent
Nina , Totenburg, "I
'think it's good legisla
tion. If the law has the
effect of denying people
' their right . to vote, it
, should be stricken down
and neoole should be
protected. I think the
. way the House bill pass
ed is correct, and I sup
port that position."
Senator Mathias told a
packed press conference
on December v 16 that
"this legislation has the
enthusiastic support of
ihe majority of the
Senate. We have the
determination to carry
the effort through. . . .to
provide an electoral pro
cess of which disenmina1
tion has no part."
Noting ; that some
members would 'actually
"prefer , stronger
guarantees," Senator
Kennedy told th? press
conference that he felt
sure "this legislation will
satisfy the goal of full
voting rights -for all
American people."
Kennedy also pointed
out that the list of
number of cosponsors of
an extension bill in
troduced earlier. "This
indicates that the people
. across the country feel
that the Voting Rights
voting assistance..
3. Strengthening of
criteria for voter
discrimination charges...
under Section 2 to allow
the examination of the
result of each violation, ,
not just the intent.
Ralph G. Neas, ex
ecutive director of the
Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights, said that
civil rights organisations
were quite pleased that
61 Senators had cospon
sored S. 1992. Ms. An
tonia Hernandez,
reflection of widespread
and .deep grass-roots
support for extension of
a strong and effective
Voting Rights Act," said;
Neas.. "But our success,
in maintaining this sup
port through attempts to,
amend the bill in com
mittee and on the Senate
floor depends to an enor
mous degree on con
tinued, . " sustained
demonstrations' of sup
port from grass-roots'
organizations in every
state." ' '
' 61 SENATORS COSPONSOR VRA EXTENSION BILL .
Trie following Senators cosponsored S. 1992, a Senate bill identical to the House-passed extension bilk
DEMOCRATS
Kennedy (MA) -Metzenbaum
(OH)
.Biden(DE)
Moynihan (NY)
Cranston (CA)
Hart (CO)
Proxmire (WI)
Bradley (N3)
Matsunaga (HI)
Glenn (OH)
Cannon (NV)
Sasser (TN)
Bentsen (TX)
Sarbanes (MD)
Ford (KY)
DeConcini (AZ)
Eagleton(MO)
Dixon (ID
Riegle (MI)
Levin (MI)
Burdick (ND)
Leahy (VT)
Melcher (MT)
Huddleston (KY)
Byrd (VA)
Johnston (LA)
Dodd (CT)
Tsongas (MA)
Mitchell (ME)
Williams (NJ)
Inouye (HI)
Chiles (FL)
Baucus (MT)
PeU(RI)
Pryor (AR)
aacksort (WA)
Bumpers (AR)
HolUngs(SC)
Long (LA)
Boren(OK)
REPUBLICANS
Mathias (MD)
Weicker (CT)
Chaf ee (RI)
Hatfield (OR)
Durenberger (MN)
Domeriici (NM)
Danf orth (MO)
Specter (PA)
Percy (IL)
Heinz PA)
Cohen (ME)
Stafford (VT)
Packwood (OR)
Boschwitz (MN)
Kassebaum (KS)
Pressler (SD)
Hawkins (FL)
Andrews (ND)
Quayle (IN)
Roth (DE)
Stevens (AK)
FN MA Loan
a
1- ' ;.,i;v. .,
8.65 Percent
WASHINGTON,
D.C. The Federal Na
tional Mortgage Associa
tion raised the maximum
mortgage amount of
conventional loans eligi
ble for purchase by the
corporation to reflect in
creases in house prices
nationally effective
January 1. .
pannie Mae. the cor
poration raised its con
. ventional - mortgage
limits bv 8.65 per cent to:
$107,000 (from $98,500);
for sinule-family homes;
to $136,800 . (from .
$120,000) lor two-family
homes; to $165,000
(from $145 .(XX)) for
ilircc-l'amilv dwellings;
and 'to $205,300 (from
$I8().0(X)) for rour
I'amily houses. Limits are
fifty per ,ccni higher in
Alaska and Hawaii.
The new loan limits
' will pertain to both first
and second mortgages
purchased by. the ; cor
poration (When the cor
poration purchases both
the first and second mor
t gages on a property, the
niiw limits will apply to
FNMA's combined in
vestment.) Although'Fannic Mac
is a shareholder-owned
corporation, its loan
limits are governed by
federal statute. Under'
the statute the corpora
lion may increase its con
ventional mortgage
'limits each year by the
percentage increase,
recorded the previous
year in national house
prices, based on surveys
by the Federal Home..
Loan Bank Board.
A The federal National ,
Mortgage, Association is
a federally chartered,
L shareholder-owned, and
privately managed cor
poration. The nation's
largest single supplier of
home mortgage funds
FNMA purchases, mor
tgage loans from, local
lenders, - thereby
replenishing ihOsc in
stitutions' supply of
mortgage , money. .The
corporation's stock, with
approximately 59 million
shares outstanding, is
publicly traded on-the
New York Stock Ex
change and other; stock
exchanges.
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