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He voted against anti-lynching legislation in 1937.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref>
He voted against anti-lynching legislation in 1937.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref>
Following the failure of the Cox Committee in the 81st Congress to sufficiently investigate subversion among tax-exempt foundations, disgruntled [[Tennessee]] Republican [[B. Carroll Reece]] successfully advocated for a re-enactment of the Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations. Rayburn worked to undermine the committee by appointing Ohio Democrat Wayne Hays to subvert and damage its reputation.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (December 22, 2019). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2019/12/22/the-reece-committee-on-foundations-conspiratorial-nonsense-or-an-expose-of-a-threat-to-the-nation/comment-page-1/ The Reece Committee on Foundations: Conspiratorial Nonsense or an Expose of a Threat to the Nation?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref>
During the 1950s, Rayburn refused to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] against school desegregation.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref> He permitted committee chairmen to wield much of the authority in the House. He pushed for completion of the since abandoned U.S. Route 66 from [[Chicago]] to Santa Monica, [[California]], which he called uniting the Frost Belt with the [[Sun Belt]]. He often said that politics should stop at "the water's edge," meaning partisan wrangling should not extend to matters of foreign policy.
During the 1950s, Rayburn refused to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] against school desegregation.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 17, 2021.</ref> He permitted committee chairmen to wield much of the authority in the House. He pushed for completion of the since abandoned U.S. Route 66 from [[Chicago]] to Santa Monica, [[California]], which he called uniting the Frost Belt with the [[Sun Belt]]. He often said that politics should stop at "the water's edge," meaning partisan wrangling should not extend to matters of foreign policy.