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The U.S. Senate voted 72-22 to change its debate rule, allowing two-thirds of senators present and voting to end filibusters, down from two-thirds of the full membership. The change, proposed by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, drew mixed reactions amid civil rights debates.
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Few Are Satisfied With Results Of First Senate Rules Changing Measure
WASHINGTON, (AP) - The Senate has changed its rule governing debate, but the argument continued yesterday over how big a step it had taken toward curbing filibusters.
"No gain at all," commented Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY), one of a group of northern and western Senators who had fought to make it easier to throttle filibusters against civil rights bills and other measures.
"A soothing syrup to lull the conscience of America was the assessment of Senator Paul Douglas (D-Ill), one of the leaders of the bipartisan fight for a rules change.
Some southern senators protested that the change any went too far.
But an overwhelming majority of the Senate voted 72-22 for the new rule to allow two-thirds of the Senators present and voting to cut off debate. A rule in effect since 1949 had required the votes of two-thirds of the entire Senate membership, or 66 of the 98 senators.
No one questioned that the outcome was a spectacular triumph for Senator Lyndon Johnson, the Senate Democratic leader.
The change in rules went through just the way he proposed it on the opening day of the new Congress last Wednesday. Johnson and other Senate leaders of both parties called it a reasonable, middle-of-the-road solution.
Douglas said, however, that it marked a great victory for southern senators. With the aid of conservative Republicans, he said, they had been able not to blunt but to reverse the drive for civil rights and an effective antifilibuster rule.
In contrast, Senator Richard Russell (D-Ga), said "It is a sad day when the Senate of the United States demeans itself by imposing new restraints on freedom of debate."
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senate voted 72-22 to allow two-thirds of senators present and voting to cut off debate, replacing the 1949 rule requiring two-thirds of the entire 98-member senate.
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The Senate changed its debate rule as proposed by Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson on the opening day of the new Congress last Wednesday. The vote occurred yesterday amid controversy over its impact on filibusters, particularly regarding civil rights bills. Northern and western senators like Javits and Douglas criticized it as insufficient, while southern senators like Russell opposed it as restricting debate freedom.