Roll Call offers this breaking news report, which begins: “House Judiciary Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) said Thursday that he believes reauthorization of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act could be completed as soon as late May now that the Senate and House Judiciary panels have agreed to introduce identical legislation early next week. The Wisconsin lawmaker confirmed the agreement following a Senate Judiciary hearing on the VRA, and he said identical bills are slated to be introduced in both chambers Tuesday.” See also this press release. Once I’m back from my DC conference, I’ll write more about what these events mean for possible constitutional challenges to the Act.