Congress reauthorizes Voting Rights Act after extensive record of discrimination

President George W. Bush signs the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act on July 27, 2006. The law renews key Voting Rights Act provisions, including preclearance, for 25 years. Congress builds a large record documenting ongoing voting discrimination before reauthorizing the law by overwhelming bipartisan votes. The renewed provisions later become the focus of Shelby County v. Holder. Congress affirms that racial discrimination in voting remains a national problem decades after the original Act.