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===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

Like most Republicans, he was a firm advocate of [[Segregation|desegregation]] and helped to end the Southern-led [[filibuster]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which President Johnson signed into law; Senator Goldwater had voted against the final passage of the legislation strictly on [[libertarian]] grounds, an action which isolated him from the Moderate Republicans, particularly in the Northeast.<ref name=bio/>

Like most Republicans, he was a firm advocate of [[Segregation|desegregation]] and helped to end the Southern-led [[filibuster]] of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which President Johnson signed into law; Senator Goldwater had voted against the final passage of the legislation strictly on [[libertarian]] grounds, an action which isolated him from the Moderate Republicans, particularly in the Northeast.<ref name=bio/> Keating previously received praise from [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] for investigating white supremacist terrorism in [[the South]].<ref>[https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/kenneth-b-keating To Kenneth B. Keating]. ''The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref>

In 1960, Keating introduced the [[Twenty-Third Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which allows residents of the [[District of Columbia]] to vote in presidential elections. In every election since that time, the district has voted heavily Democrat. In 1962, prior to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], Keating said that the former [[Soviet Union]] and Communist [[Cuba]] had constructed [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] facilities in Cuba that could target the United States. He called upon President Kennedy to address the matter.<ref name=awhitman/><ref name=nycourts/>  

In 1960, Keating introduced the [[Twenty-Third Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which allows residents of the [[District of Columbia]] to vote in presidential elections. In every election since that time, the district has voted heavily Democrat. In 1962, prior to the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], Keating said that the former [[Soviet Union]] and Communist [[Cuba]] had constructed [[intercontinental ballistic missile]] facilities in Cuba that could target the United States. He called upon President Kennedy to address the matter.<ref name=awhitman/><ref name=nycourts/>