On Capitol Hill, the House voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The law was originally passed to reverse years of disenfranchisement of African Americans .The measure passed by 390 to 33. All “no” votes came from Republicans. Southern Republicans have complained the reauthorization unfairly targets their states. They failed to add amendments that would have shortened the bill’s extension period and would have stricken requirements that ballots be printed in other languages to accommodate non-English speakers. Before the vote was taken, the Bush administration said it supported “the intent” of the act but did not take a position on the amendments.