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→U.S. Senate
==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
Cotton broke from the mostly [[conservative]] wing of his party in 1954 when voting in favor of censuring [[Wisconsin]] Republican [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
Cotton broke from the mostly [[conservative]] wing of his party in 1954 when voting in favor of censuring [[Wisconsin]] Republican [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref> who exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the U.S. government.
He was one of only three Republican senators to vote against the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s232 TO PASS H.R. 2580, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved May 9, 2021.</ref>
===Civil rights===
===Civil rights===