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Bourke Hickenlooper (view source)
Revision as of 18:25, February 21, 2021
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Like [[Barry Goldwater]] and [[Norris Cotton]], Hickenlooper opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] over concerns of increasing federal bureaucracy despite [[liberal deceit|deceitful left-wing]] attempts to highlight the conservative Republican opposition to the bill as "racist". While he voted against the final passage of the landmark legislation,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409 HR. 7152. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref> he voted in favor of invoking cloture to end the filibuster led by Southern Democrats<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s302 HR. 7152. MANSFIELD DIRKSEN MOTION THAT THE SENATE INVOKE CLOTURE ON THE SOUTHERN FILIBUSTER.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 2021.</ref> at the urging of Republican [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Everett Dirksen]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/01/archives/hickenlooper-opposes-closure-till-rights-bill-is-modified-more.html Hickenlooper Opposes Closure Till Rights Bill Is Modified More]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref>
Like [[Barry Goldwater]] and [[Norris Cotton]], Hickenlooper opposed the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] over concerns of increasing federal bureaucracy despite [[liberal deceit|deceitful left-wing]] attempts to highlight the conservative Republican opposition to the bill as "racist". While he voted against the final passage of the landmark legislation,<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409 HR. 7152. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref> he voted in favor of invoking cloture to end the filibuster led by Southern Democrats<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s302 HR. 7152. MANSFIELD DIRKSEN MOTION THAT THE SENATE INVOKE CLOTURE ON THE SOUTHERN FILIBUSTER.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 2021.</ref> at the urging of Republican [[Senate Minority Leader]] [[Everett Dirksen]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/01/archives/hickenlooper-opposes-closure-till-rights-bill-is-modified-more.html Hickenlooper Opposes Closure Till Rights Bill Is Modified More]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref>
===Retirement===
Hickenlooper did not run for another Senate term in the 1968 elections. He died three years later while visiting Shelter Island, New York, and is interred at Cedar Memorial Cemetery, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
==See also==
==See also==