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Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
some? it was a majority of the liberal republicans. the republicans weren't the problem... it was democrats who didn't support civil rights who were the problem. LBJ had to do some arm twisting on his fellow dems to make that work with the republicans.
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Neither you or Oilfield know what you are talking about. JFK first introduced the bill and JFK was a democrat. Northern democrats were not the problem. The southern democrats or sometimes referred to as dixiecrats were just a WING of the democratic party, NOT THE Democratic party.
LBJ, had his vice president(Humphrey) cut deals with some of the republicans to get the modified version of the bill passed.
Clearly northern democrats were NOT the problem as you tried to indicate. Northern democrats in the Senate voted 45 to 1 in favor of the modified bill. (JFK's original had to changed).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
The Senate Vote:
The House of Representatives:[3][38]
Southern Democrats: 8–83 (9–91%) – four Representatives from Texas (Jack Brooks, Albert Thomas, J. J. Pickle, and Henry Gonzแlez), two from Tennessee (Richard Fulton and Ross Bass), Claude Pepper of Florida and Charles L. Weltner of Georgia voted in favor
Southern Republicans: 0–11 (0–100%)
Northern Democrats: 145–8 (95–5%)
Northern Republicans: 136–24 (85–15%)
Note that four Representatives voted Present while 13 did not vote.
The Senate:[38]
Southern Democrats: 1–20 (5–95%) – only Ralph Yarborough of Texas voted in favor
Southern Republicans: 0–1 (0–100%) – John Tower of Texas, the only Southern Republican at the time, voted against
Northern Democrats: 45–1 (98–2%) – only Robert Byrd of West Virginia voted against
Northern Republicans: 27–5 (84–16%) – Norris Cotton (NH), Barry Goldwater (AZ), Bourke Hickenlooper (IA), Edwin Mecham (NM), and Milward Simpson (WY) voted against