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**virtuah** · 07-03-2010, 09:36 PM

Did you know that even though Byrd voted for the final bill of the 1968 Civil Rights act (Fair Housing act), he only voted for it after he led a failed attempt to fillibuster the bill?

He also attempted to add an amendment that would essentially exempt single family dwellings from the law, which would have gutted the bill. He was successful in getting an amendment through which exempted the sale of "Vacation Homes" from the act.

07-03-2010, 09:36 PM	#8
virtuah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	Did you know that even though Byrd voted for the final bill of the 1968 Civil Rights act (Fair Housing act), he only voted for it after he led a failed attempt to fillibuster the bill? He also attempted to add an amendment that would essentially exempt single family dwellings from the law, which would have gutted the bill. He was successful in getting an amendment through which exempted the sale of "Vacation Homes" from the act.
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