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Line 60: − + − |date=May 12, 2009}}</ref> Javits spent most weekdays in [[Washington, D.C.]], while his wife remained in their [[Manhattan]] apartment to pursue her interest in the arts. He hence commuted for twenty-four years to see her.<ref name=nydn/> − + − |url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/war-powers.php|title=War Powers - Law Library of Congress|publisher=loc.gov|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
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|title=Jacob Javits Dies in Florida at 81: 4-Term Senator from New York|author=James F. Clarity|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
|title=Jacob Javits Dies in Florida at 81: 4-Term Senator from New York|author=James F. Clarity|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
Javits opposed the establishment of the former House Un-American Activities Committee, which investigated [[Communism|communist]] subversion. A staunch supporter of [[Israel]], Javits served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In the attorney general's race, he successfully rebuffed charges that he had sought support from members of the Communist Party in the his 1946 race for Congress.<ref>J. Lee Annis, ''Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi,'' Google Books, 2016.</ref> Senator Javits was undoubtedly the most outspoken Republican liberal in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yes, Virginia, There are Liberal Republicans|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-j.../a-closed-mind-is-a-terrib_b_202091.html|publisher=''The Huffington Post''
Javits opposed the establishment of the former House Un-American Activities Committee, which investigated [[Communism|communist]] subversion. A staunch supporter of [[Israel]], Javits served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In the attorney general's race, he successfully rebuffed charges that he had sought support from members of the Communist Party in the his 1946 race for Congress.<ref>J. Lee Annis, ''Big Jim Eastland: The Godfather of Mississippi,'' Google Books, 2016.</ref> Senator Javits was undoubtedly the most outspoken Republican liberal in Congress.<ref>"Yes, Virginia, There are Liberal Republican," ''The Huffington Post,''May 12, 2009.</ref> Javits spent most weekdays in [[Washington, D.C.]], while his wife remained in their [[Manhattan]] apartment to pursue her interest in the arts. He hence commuted for twenty-four years to see her.<ref name=nydn/>
In foreign affairs, he backed the Eisenhower Doctrine in the Middle East and pressed for more foreign military and economic assistance. He voted in 1964 for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] but later became critical of President Johnson's handling of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Michael S. Mayer, ''The Eisenhower Yearsm'' Google Books, 2009, p. 351</ref>
In foreign affairs, he backed the Eisenhower Doctrine in the Middle East and pressed for more foreign military and economic assistance. He voted in 1964 for the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] but later became critical of President Johnson's handling of the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Michael S. Mayer, ''The Eisenhower Yearsm'' Google Books, 2009, p. 351</ref>
By the end of 1967, Javits joined those ideologically opposed to the Vietnam War and called for a peaceful solution to the conflict. He backed the Cooper-Church Amendment, named foer the Moderate Republican Senator [[John Sherman Cooper]] of [[Kentucky]]. The measure barred funds for American forces in [[Cambodia]], and he also voted to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that he had earlier supported. He sponsored the [[War Powers Resolution]] of 1973, which sought to reinforce congressional jurisdiction over foreign policy. The resolution, which President [[Richard M. Nixon]] vetoed proposed to limit to sixty days the ability of a president to send American armed forces into combat without congressional approval.<ref>{{cite web
By the end of 1967, Javits joined those ideologically opposed to the Vietnam War and called for a peaceful solution to the conflict. He backed the Cooper-Church Amendment, named foer the Moderate Republican Senator [[John Sherman Cooper]] of [[Kentucky]]. The measure barred funds for American forces in [[Cambodia]], and he also voted to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that he had earlier supported. He sponsored the [[War Powers Resolution]] of 1973, which sought to reinforce congressional jurisdiction over foreign policy. The resolution, which President [[Richard M. Nixon]] vetoed proposed to limit to sixty days the ability of a president to send American armed forces into combat without congressional approval.<ref>War Powers - Law Library of Congress.</ref>
Javits lost the 1980 Republican Senate primary, 56 to 44 percent, to [[Al D'Amato]], a local official from [[Long Island]], who campaigned to Javits' right. Javits still ran as the nominee of the New York Liberal Party but polled only 11 -percent of the vote in the [[general election]] in which D'Amato narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Elizabeth Holtzman.<ref name=nytobit/>
Javits lost the 1980 Republican Senate primary, 56 to 44 percent, to [[Al D'Amato]], a local official from [[Long Island]], who campaigned to Javits' right. Javits still ran as the nominee of the New York Liberal Party but polled only 11 -percent of the vote in the [[general election]] in which D'Amato narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Elizabeth Holtzman.<ref name=nytobit/>