House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., said Sunday that if President Trump and Senate Republicans want to honor the life of the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., they should pass and sign a bill restoring the Voting Rights Act. Lewis, a civil rights’ movement legend and longtime congressman, died last week at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. “If the president were to sign that, then I think that's what we will do to honor John,” he said. “It should be the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020. REP. JOHN LEWIS: TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN A REMARKABLE LIFEThe bill was approved, 228-187, with just one Republican, Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, joing Democrats in voting to approve the legislation.

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