Senator Philip Hart

Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Requires Pre-Merger Notification, Last Major Antitrust Strengthening Before Reagan Dismantlement

1976-09-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Gerald Ford signed the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act), requiring companies to notify the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division of large proposed mergers and wait 30 days before consummating transactions, giving regulators time to …

Gerald Ford Senator Philip Hart Senator Hugh Scott Representative Peter Rodino Federal Trade Commission +1 more antitrust merger-enforcement regulatory-framework corporate-power premerger-notification

Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes National Origins Quota System After Defeating Conservative Opposition

1965-10-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) into law at the base of the Statue of Liberty, abolishing the National Origins Formula that has governed U.S. immigration policy since the 1920s. The legislation dismantles the racist quota system that …

President Lyndon B. Johnson Senator Philip Hart Representative Emanuel Celler Senator James Eastland Senator Samuel Ervin +1 more immigration civil-rights institutional-resistance congressional-obstruction