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Line 10: − Sen. [[J. William Fulbright]] <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871879,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Picking the Team], ''TIME Magazine'', December 12, 1960.</ref> who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by [[President Clinton]], and Sen. [[Al Gore, Sr.]], father of [[Vice President Al Gore]] voted against the Voting Rights Act. +
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (view source)
Revision as of 08:19, January 2, 2013
, 08:19, January 2, 2013→History: segregationist opposition
In the final house passage of the bill on August 3, 1965, the breakdown was 217 Democrats and 111 Republicans voting in favor versus 54 Democrats and 120 Republicans opposed. The final Senate vote on August 4 was 49 Democrats and 30 Republicans in favor, one Republican and 17 Democrats opposed. Democrats who voted in favor of the bill on August 4 were Senators Albert A. Gore (who had originally voted against the Voting Rights Act in 1964) and Ross Bass from Tennessee, Mike Monroney and Fred R. Harris from Oklahoma and Ralph W. Yarborough from Texas. <ref>[http://www.2facts.com/Ancillaries/index/h00619.asp</ref>
In the final house passage of the bill on August 3, 1965, the breakdown was 217 Democrats and 111 Republicans voting in favor versus 54 Democrats and 120 Republicans opposed. The final Senate vote on August 4 was 49 Democrats and 30 Republicans in favor, one Republican and 17 Democrats opposed. Democrats who voted in favor of the bill on August 4 were Senators Albert A. Gore (who had originally voted against the Voting Rights Act in 1964) and Ross Bass from Tennessee, Mike Monroney and Fred R. Harris from Oklahoma and Ralph W. Yarborough from Texas. <ref>[http://www.2facts.com/Ancillaries/index/h00619.asp</ref>
[[Segregation]]ists who voted against the Voting Rights Act were [[J. William Fulbright]] <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,871879,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Picking the Team], ''TIME Magazine'', December 12, 1960.</ref>, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Al Gore, Sr.]], father of Democratic Presidential Nominee [[Al Gore]].
Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said of the Republican leader, "The whole country is in debt to the Senator from Illinois."
Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said of the Republican leader, "The whole country is in debt to the Senator from Illinois."