Hubert Humphrey

Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History

1964-06-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

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 civil-rights institutional-racism democratic-erosion legislative-obstruction filibuster

McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration

1950-09-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

President Harry Truman vetoes the Internal Security Act of 1950 (McCarran Act) on September 22, 1950, sending Congress a lengthy veto message criticizing specific provisions as “the greatest danger to freedom of speech, press, and assembly since the Alien and Sedition Laws of 1798,” a …

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