*”These Negroes, they‘re getting pretty uppity these days and that‘s a problem for us since they‘ve got something now they never had before, the political pull to back up their uppityness. Now we‘ve got to do something about this, we‘ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference.”
“I’ll have them ******* voting Democratic for the next two hundred years.”
~Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat)
Vote totals[edit]
Totals are in
"Yea–Nay" format:
The original House version: 290–130 (69–31%).
Cloture in the Senate: 71–29 (71–29%).
The Senate version: 73–27 (73–27%).
The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289–126 (70–30%).
By party
The original House version:[16]
Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)
Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)
Cloture in the Senate:[17]
Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version:[16]
Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:[16]
Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)
Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)
By party and region
Note: "Southern", as used in this section, refers to members of Congress from the eleven states that made up the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. "Northern" refers to members from the other 39 states, regardless of the geographic location of those states.
The original House version:
Southern Democrats: 7–87 (7–93%)
Southern Republicans: 0–10 (0–100%)
Northern Democrats: 145–9 (94–6%)
Northern Republicans: 138–24 (85–15%)
The Senate version:
Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) (only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor)
Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) (John Tower of Texas)
Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) (only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against)
Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%)
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You do understand that the Southern Democrats of those times were ideologically CONSERVATIVE right?
The most important points:
all the segregationists in the Senate were Democrats, and remained same for the rest of their livesÂ…except for one. And they were not conservative.
a. Strom Thurmond became a Republican, albeit 16 years later. Lets see how many of the 12 in the Senate were conservative.
b. Senator Harry Byrd, staunch opponent of anti-communist McCarthy
c. Senator Robert Byrd, proabortion, opposed Gulf Wars, supported ERA, high grades from NARAL and ACLU
d. Senator Allen Ellender, McCarthy opponent, pacifist
e. Senator Sam Ervin, McCarthy opponent, anti-Vietnam War, Nixon antagonist
f. Senator Albert Gore, Sr., McCarthy opponent, anti-Vietnam War
g. Senator James Eastland, strong anti-communist
h. Senator Wm. Fulbright, McCarthy opponent, anti-Vietnam War, big UN supporter
i. Senator Walter F. George, supported TVA, and Great Society programs
j. Senator Ernest Hollings, initiated federal food stamp program, Â…but supported Clarence ThomasÂ’ nomination
k. Senator Russell Long, led the campaign for Great Society programs
l. Senator Richard Russell, McCarthy opponent, anti-Vietnam War, supported FDRÂ’s New Deal
m. Senator John Stennis, McCarthy opponent, opposed Robert BorkÂ’s nomination
Notice how segregationist positions went hand-in-hand with opposition to McCarthy? Not all DemocratsÂ….Robert Kennedy worked for McCarthy, and Senator John F. Kenned refused to censure him.
Coulter