Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History
On June 10, 1964, the United States Senate invoked cloture by a vote of 71 to 29, ending a 72-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act—marking the first time in Senate history that cloture had been successfully invoked to break a filibuster on civil rights legislation. The Southern Bloc of 18 …
Southern Democratic Caucus
Richard Russell
Robert Byrd
Hubert Humphrey
Everett Dirksen
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