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Nixon tests Senate loyalty on voting rights reform
President Nixon faces renewed GOP friction over civil rights and a broadening of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Senate action targets March 1 with filibuster risks, while a separate push for direct presidential elections stalls amid Thurmond resistance and White House pressure.
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Roy McGhee Washington
UPI
Nixon
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
House
Judiciary Committee
South
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c