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Three laws bear Magnuson's name, including:
 
Three laws bear Magnuson's name, including:
 
#The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, authored with [[Moderate Republican]] Senator [[Ted Stevens]] of [[Alaska]]
 
#The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, authored with [[Moderate Republican]] Senator [[Ted Stevens]] of [[Alaska]]
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#the Magnuson Act, which repealed the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882, and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, co-sponsored with [[Utah]] Senator Frank Moss (1911–2003). He worked to keep supertankers out of [[Puget Sound]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5620 HistoryLink.org|title=Congress passes Senator Warren Magnuson's amendment banning supertankers in Puget Sound|date=October 5,1977|publisher=historylink.org:  The online encyclopedia of Washington State history|accessed=August 27, 2021}}</ref
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#the Magnuson Act, which repealed the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882, and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, co-sponsored with [[Utah]] Senator Frank Moss (1911–2003). He worked to keep supertankers out of [[Puget Sound]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5620 HistoryLink.org|title=Congress passes Senator Warren Magnuson's amendment banning supertankers in Puget Sound|date=October 5,1977|publisher=historylink.org:  The online encyclopedia of Washington State history|accessed=August 27, 2021}}</ref>
    
Magnuson also played a key role in pushing the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] through the Commerce Committee despite the opposition of southern Democrats, most of whom at the time were [[Segregation|segregationists]].
 
Magnuson also played a key role in pushing the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] through the Commerce Committee despite the opposition of southern Democrats, most of whom at the time were [[Segregation|segregationists]].
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