Cloture Motion for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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credit: National Archives: Cloture Motion for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, June 10, 1964 (SEN 88A-M5); Various Papers; RG 46, Records of the U.S.

On June 8, 1964, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-MT) and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) filed a cloture motion to end debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Senate invoked cloture 2 days later, on June 10, 1964, by a vote of 71-29.