Word: dirksens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...called, shouted "nay," then turned to a colleague and asked just what it was he had voted against. In all, 115 amendments were voted on between cloture and the final vote, and only one of any great substance was approved. That was the package written by Republican Leader Everett Dirksen and approved by Democratic Senate and Administration leaders...
...Republican platforms and declarations of principle have long been strong for civil rights. In the House of Representatives, Republican Leader Charles Halleck had gone down the line for the bill, and 138 out of 172 voting Republicans approved it. In the Senate, G.O.P. Leader Dirksen was the main architect of amending the bill into its final form, and Barry was one of a mere six Republican Senators who finally voted against...
...civil rights bill by voting yes on final passage. Your views on the subject to date are opposed to the traditional Republican philosophy of equal opportunity for all, and it is of great importance to our party that you now change your views. Other Republican Senators, especially Senator Dirksen, have worked hard and long with great statesmanship to bring about effective civil rights legislation...
...once, Ev Dirksen was speechless. Leaving the first powwow of Illinois' Republican Convention delegates in suburban Chicago last week, he plowed head down through a crowd of newsmen, got into a car and drove off without saying a word...
Percy therefore proposed that Dirksen be chairman, that he himself take second place as cochairman, and that the third top delegation post, that of secretary, go to an all-out Goldwater man. Dirksen agreed, and so did U.S. Representative Ed Derwinski, the Goldwater leader in Illinois. Said Derwinski later: "I agree to Dirksen's taking over as chairman because I think Chuck should be absolved from the line of fire at the convention. He needs to be out of it for his campaign...