Amendments to H.R. 6400
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On July 9, 1965, the House rejected the Republican substitute bill, H.R. 7896, by a vote of 166 to 215. The House then considered fourteen amendments to H.R. 6400, but only passed three that made no consequential changes to the bill. The House passed H.R. 6400 with the ban on poll taxes in state and local elections by a vote of 333 to 85. After the conference committee reported the bill removing the House poll tax ban, on August 3, the House approved the Voting Rights Act and the Senate did so on the following day. On August 6, President Johnson signed the bill into law at the Capitol.
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United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk. "Amendments to H.R. 6400." Amendments to H.R. 6400, July 9, 1965; “1st Sess. Jan. 1965-July 1965 2 of 11” folder, Reading Clerk, Box 3; Clerk of the House; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives..
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Title
Amendments to H.R. 6400
Subject
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Description
On July 9, 1965, the House rejected the Republican substitute bill, H.R. 7896, by a vote of 166 to 215. The House then considered fourteen amendments to H.R. 6400, but only passed three that made no consequential changes to the bill. The House passed H.R. 6400 with the ban on poll taxes in state and local elections by a vote of 333 to 85. After the conference committee reported the bill removing the House poll tax ban, on August 3, the House approved the Voting Rights Act and the Senate did so on the following day. On August 6, President Johnson signed the bill into law at the Capitol.
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United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk
Source
Amendments to H.R. 6400, July 9, 1965; “1st Sess. Jan. 1965-July 1965 2 of 11” folder, Reading Clerk, Box 3; Clerk of the House; 89th Congress; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233; National Archives.
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Association of Centers for the Study of Congress
Date
1965-07-09
Contributor
Center for Legislative Archives, National Archives and Records Administration
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English
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