cwo_ghwebb
06-11-2012, 05:35 AM
Democrats Filibustered the Civil Rights Act
June 10, 1964, was a dramatic day in the United States Senate. For the first time in its history, cloture was invoked on a civil rights bill, ending a record-breaking filibuster by Democrats that had consumed fifty-seven working days. The hero of the hour was minority leader Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2008/09/everett-dirksen-forgotten-civil-rights-champion.html) (R-Ill.).
On June 10, 1964, Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Act.
Grand Old Partisan (http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2012/06/civil-rights-act.html) reported, via DANEgerus (http://www.danegerus.com/weblog/Comments.asp?svComment=25622):
On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats’ 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd “the conscience of the Senate.”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/on-this-day-in-1964-democrats-filibustered-the-civil-rights-act/
I'm surprised Obama didn't mark this day with an official proclamation about those racist Republicans.
June 10, 1964, was a dramatic day in the United States Senate. For the first time in its history, cloture was invoked on a civil rights bill, ending a record-breaking filibuster by Democrats that had consumed fifty-seven working days. The hero of the hour was minority leader Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen (http://face2face.si.edu/my_weblog/2008/09/everett-dirksen-forgotten-civil-rights-champion.html) (R-Ill.).
On June 10, 1964, Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Act.
Grand Old Partisan (http://grandoldpartisan.typepad.com/blog/2012/06/civil-rights-act.html) reported, via DANEgerus (http://www.danegerus.com/weblog/Comments.asp?svComment=25622):
On this day in 1964, Everett Dirksen (R-IL), the Republican Leader in the U.S. Senate, condemned the Democrats’ 57-day filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Leading the Democrats in their opposition to civil rights for African-Americans was Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). Byrd, who got into politics as a recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan, spoke against the bill for fourteen straight hours. Democrats still call Robert Byrd “the conscience of the Senate.”
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/on-this-day-in-1964-democrats-filibustered-the-civil-rights-act/
I'm surprised Obama didn't mark this day with an official proclamation about those racist Republicans.