The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
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In 1965, Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, which eliminated restrictions racial, ethnic, and national origin restrictions on immigration and established priority immigration procedures for family reunification.
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Explore the votes of America's longest-serving Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn, who presided over key civil rights votes
