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===Civil Rights Act of 1964===
===Civil Rights Act of 1964===
Some [[progressive]] historians who promote the [[U.S. "Party-switch" myth]] try to cite Yarborough's vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prove that the parties supposedly re-aligned in the 60s, claiming he was a supposed "rare liberal Democrat" from the South as well as his fellow Texas senator [[John Tower]]'s opposition to the Act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1384151554169532416</ref> This ignores the fact that after the final Senate passage, Yarborough voted ''for'' an amendment by [[Albert Gore, Sr.]] which sought to significantly weaken the legislation.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s408 HR. 7152. GORE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE JUDICIARY COMM. W/INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT REPORT IT BACK "FORTHWITH" W/THE AMEND. STATING THAT FEDERAL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE W/DRAWN FROM ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THAT DISTRICT HAD DISOBEYED A COURT ORDER THAT IS DESEGREGATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://nationalcenter.org/project21/1999/05/01/blacks-gored-by-a-lie-al-gore-sr-the-gop-and-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-r-d-davis/ Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis]. ''Black Leadership Network''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Furthermore, the then-conservative Tower (who later became a [[Moderate Republican]] in the 1980s) voted against the amendment.
Some [[progressive]] historians who promote the [[U.S. "Party-switch" myth]] try to cite Yarborough's vote for the 1964 Civil Rights Act to prove that the parties supposedly re-aligned in the 60s, claiming he was a supposed "rare liberal Democrat" from the South as well as his fellow Texas senator [[John Tower]]'s opposition to the Act.<ref>https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1384151554169532416</ref> This ignores the fact that a number of Southern segregationists were supportive of the [[welfare state]] and that after the final Senate passage of the bill, Yarborough voted ''for'' an amendment by [[Albert Gore, Sr.]] which sought to significantly weaken the legislation.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s408 HR. 7152. GORE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE JUDICIARY COMM. W/INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT REPORT IT BACK "FORTHWITH" W/THE AMEND. STATING THAT FEDERAL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE W/DRAWN FROM ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT UNLESS THAT DISTRICT HAD DISOBEYED A COURT ORDER THAT IS DESEGREGATE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 12, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://nationalcenter.org/project21/1999/05/01/blacks-gored-by-a-lie-al-gore-sr-the-gop-and-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-r-d-davis/ Blacks “Gored” By a Lie: Al Gore Sr., the GOP and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by R.D. Davis]. ''Black Leadership Network''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Furthermore, the then-conservative Tower (who later became a [[Moderate Republican]] in the 1980s) voted against the amendment.
Yarborough justified his stance on the basis that his focus was centered on education and not civil rights in regards to solely the amendment.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/88/crecb/1964/06/19/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Nevertheless, he persisted in voting for what would have gutted the Act while his colleague Sen. Tower responded:
Yarborough justified his stance on the basis that his focus was centered on education and not civil rights in regards to solely the amendment.<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/88/crecb/1964/06/19/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf GPO-CRECB-1964-pt11-3-2.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved May 24, 2021.</ref> Nevertheless, he persisted in voting for what would have gutted the Act while his colleague Sen. Tower responded: