Word: dirksenism
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...Cloture. When the roll call on the crucial cloture vote began, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen were fairly confident that they had the required two-thirds majority. But a shred of doubt remained right up to the end. "It's a case of depending on the Republican side," said Mansfield. That meant Ev Dirksen, and Dirksen had done his job of persuasion well. "This involves more than you," he told wavering colleagues. "It's the party. Don't drop...
...told, only nine Republicans joined 21 Democrats to reject cloture. Dirksen mustered 23 Republicans, who together with 47 Democrats carried the motion 70 to 30-three votes more than were needed. It was the second time that the Senate had ever cut off debate on a civil rights bill...
...cast ballots in the 1964 presidential election. The device will automatically send federal examiners into Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and a number of counties in other states including North Carolina and Virginia. The triggering device was the main feature of the bill drafted by Administration lawyers and Dirksen's staff, but the Senate added a few wrinkles of its own by providing that: >In any county where the U.S. Census Director finds that less than 25% of the adult Negro population is registered, federal examiners may be appointed...
...telephone with such colleagues as New York's Jacob Javits, his chief Republican ally, and did personal lobbying in the corridors. Brother Bobby feigned indifference and pointedly did not join 38 co-sponsors of the amendment, but he worked actively behind the scenes for it. For the opposition, Dirksen set about swinging wavering Republicans back into line. His technique differs considerably from the arm-twisting tactics made famous by Lyndon Johnson. "Senator Dirksen doesn't work this way," explained New Jersey Republican Clifford Case, who supported the amendment. "He takes a little longer. He does it with oleaginous...
...showdown came, the Kennedy clan was on hand in force. Watching from the Senate gallery were Teddy's wife, Joan, in a pink frock; Sister Eunice Shriver; and Bobby's wife, Ethel. Temporarily presiding over the session was Bobby himself. Taking the floor against the amendment, Dirksen asked: "If Congress can tell the states by statute this afternoon that they cannot impose a poll tax, why not tell them they cannot impose a cigarette tax or any other tax?" Democratic Leader Mansfield worried that the amendment might endanger the entire voting-rights bill. "The choice," he said...