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CNN's John Harwood reported on Monday's CNN Newsroom that in the '60s, the Democrat party was the party of civil rights and not the Republicans. He must have missed the vote for the Civil Rights Act:
The original House version::
Democratic Party: 152–96 (61–39%)
Republican Party: 138–34 (80–20%)
Cloture in the Senate:[27]
Democratic Party: 44–23 (66–34%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version:[26]
Democratic Party: 46–21 (69–31%)
Republican Party: 27–6 (82–18%)
The Senate version voted on by the House::
Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%)
Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)
Did John forget where the Jim Crow laws come from? How about those who opposed busing?