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Three Amendments Presented for Senate Vote
On June 5, Bourke Hickenlooper (R-IA) (1896−1971), with the support of seventeen Republicans, proposed a unanimous consent request that the Senate vote on three amendments before cloture: the Morton jury trial amendment; an amendment by Senator Norris Cotton (R-NH) (1900–1989) limiting the coverage of Title VII (fair employment); and a Hickenlooper amendment to eliminate training provisions in Title IV (desegregation of public education). Senators Humphrey and Dirksen did not have the sixty-seven votes required for cloture without Hickenlooper's cooperation. Therefore, he was allowed to present his amendments. The Morton amendment was adopted; the others were defeated. |