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→Civil rights, desegregation and busing
[[File:Biden with the Exalted Cyclops.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Joe Biden with the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.]]
[[File:Biden with the Exalted Cyclops.PNG|thumb|right|300px|Joe Biden with the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.]]
Prof. Ronnie Dunn said opposition to busing was motivated by [[racism]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride</ref> Biden's opposition to integration didn't stop there. ''HuffPo'' reported:
Prof. Ronnie Dunn said opposition to busing was motivated by [[racism]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/joe-biden-embraced-segregation-in-1975-claiming-it-was-a-matter-of-black-pride</ref> Biden's opposition to integration didn't stop there. ''HuffPo'' reported:
{{quotebox-float|In 1977, two black men nominated for key Justice Department posts by [[President Jimmy Carter]] easily won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. After confirmation by the full Senate, Drew Days III became the nation’s first black head of the department’s civil rights division and Wade McCree became the second black solicitor general. Only one member of the committee voted against them. It wasn’t segregationists [[Strom Thurmond]] (R-S.C.) or [[James Eastland]] (D-Miss.). It wasn’t even former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.). The lone Judiciary Committee vote against the two men was Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-busing-nominees_n_5ca3c03de4b03174b92904f7</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|In 1977, two black men nominated for key Justice Department posts by President Jimmy Carter easily won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. After confirmation by the full Senate, Drew Days III became the nation’s first black head of the department’s civil rights division and Wade McCree became the second black solicitor general. Only one member of the committee voted against them. It wasn’t segregationists [[Strom Thurmond]] (R-S.C.) or [[James Eastland]] (D-Miss.). It wasn’t even former [[Ku Klux Klan]] member [[Robert Byrd]] (D-W.Va.). The lone Judiciary Committee vote against the two men was Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.).<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-busing-nominees_n_5ca3c03de4b03174b92904f7</ref>}}
=== Economy and budget ===
=== Economy and budget ===