In 1971, Congress and President Nixon declared a national 'war on cancer', which established funding for 15 new cancer research centers.
In 1949, U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey called for the abolition of the filibuster in order to advance civil rights bills; as Senate Majority Whip, he advanced civil rights bills; as a Senator in 1975, he voted to lower the threshold to break a filibuster from 67 votes to 60.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
In 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 to restrict entry of the U.S. into future international climate treaties, ending hopes for legally binding emissions targets for the U.S.
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