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VP Biden weighs in on voting rights case
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/27/biden-weighs-in-on-voting-rights-case/Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday he couldn't believe he was reliving a civil rights battle, pointing to the Supreme Court's division over a provision in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
"I never thought we'd have to refight so many fights," Biden said at a reception for Black History Month at the Naval Observatory in Washington.
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"As long as we occupy this house, it's your house," he told the audience.
The vice president added that "it always amazes me how my white, liberal friends think they understand the black community." Speaking to the crowd, he said "the work you did also liberated white folks."
