The bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964 and the "Southern Bloc" of 18 southern Democratic Senators and one Republican Senator led by Richard Russell (D-GA) launched a filibuster to prevent its passage. Said Russell: "We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our (Southern) states."
On the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va., & former KKK member) completed an address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier opposing the legislation.
Vote Totals (for-against)
The original House version:
- Democratic Party: 152-96 (61%-39%)
- Republican Party: 138-34 (80%-20%)
Cloture in the Senate:
- Democratic Party: 44-23 (66%-34%)
- Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%)
The Senate version:
- Democratic Party: 46-21 (69%-31%)
- Republican Party: 27-6 (82%-18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:
- Democratic Party: 153-91 (63%-37%)
- Republican Party: 136-35 (80%-20%)
The National Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 1973–1973aa-6) outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the United States.
Vote Totals (for-against)
Senate: 77–19
- Democrats: 47–17 (73%-27%)
- Republicans: 30–2 (94%-6%)
House: 333–85
- Democrats: 221–61 (78%-22%)
- Republicans: 112–24 (82%-18%)
The point is clear, even in the modern age Republicans have been better friends to the black community than Democrats yet despite the facts, we're told that Republicans are racists that opposed every gain made by minorities and every step toward a more equal society.
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