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Anderson-Aiken amendment (view source)
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The two senators who introduced the amendment were Democrat Clinton Anderson of [[New Mexico]] and [[Moderate Republican]] [[George Aiken]] of [[Vermont]].<ref name=caro/> Anderson initially hesitated to spearhead the measure because he did not want to be associated with obstructions towards civil rights, though was successfully urged by then-[[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Johnson]] to do so by introducing it along with a Republican.
The two senators who introduced the amendment were Democrat Clinton Anderson of [[New Mexico]] and [[Moderate Republican]] [[George Aiken]] of [[Vermont]].<ref name=caro/> Anderson initially hesitated to spearhead the measure because he did not want to be associated with obstructions towards civil rights, though was successfully urged by then-[[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Lyndon Johnson]] to do so by introducing it along with a Republican.
The vote on the amendment was not along purely partisan or ideological divides. Some northern liberal Democrats such as [[Paul Douglas]] staunchly opposed the motion on the grounds that it gutted desegregation efforts, while others such as [[Mike Mansfield]], [[James E. Murray]], and [[Joseph O'Mahoney]] supported it.<ref name=caro/>
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