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===Civil rights, desegregation and busing===
===Civil rights, desegregation and busing===
[[Image:001carter.jpg|thumb|250px|left|President Carter during White House Press Conference.]]
Sen. [[Joseph Biden]] supported a measure sponsored by the Grand Cyclops, Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.), an alleged 'former' [[Klansman]]<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> who had held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]]. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of his Senate Democrat colleagues, and President Carter later signed the provision into law.<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref>
Sen. [[Joseph Biden]] supported a measure sponsored by the Grand Cyclops, Democrat Sen. [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.), an alleged 'former' [[Klansman]]<ref>Klansman take an oath; once a Klansman always a Klansman.</ref> who had held the floor for more than 14 hours in a filibuster against the [[bi-partisan]] [[1964 Civil Rights Act]]. Byrd's amendment prohibited the use of federal funds to transport students beyond the school closest to their homes. Biden co-sponsored a measure that further restricted the federal government from desegregating city and suburban schools with redistricting measures like school clustering and pairing. This measure won the approval of a majority of his Senate Democrat colleagues, and President Carter later signed the provision into law.<ref>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/05/05/joe-biden-busing-problem-226791</ref>
=== Economy and budget ===
=== Economy and budget ===
Carter increased government spending. However, when [[inflation]] skyrocketed in 1978 he changed his mind. He delayed tax cuts and vetoed the spending programs that he himself proposed to the [[Congress]]. Carter then tried to ease inflation by reducing [[money]] supply and raising [[interest rates]]. All of his efforts proved to be unsuccessful. Inflation and interest rates soon reached their highest levels since [[World War II]].
Carter increased government spending. However, when [[inflation]] skyrocketed in 1978 he changed his mind. He delayed tax cuts and vetoed the spending programs that he himself proposed to the [[Congress]]. Carter then tried to ease inflation by reducing [[money]] supply and raising [[interest rates]]. All of his efforts proved to be unsuccessful. Inflation and interest rates soon reached their highest levels since [[World War II]].