He played a key role in drafting civil rights legislation. from the Civil Rights Act of 1957 through the extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982. He forced a showdown with this adminis. tration over making Martin Luther King. Jr.s birthday a national holiday. In 1965 he led the legislative struggle to eliminate national origins quotas as the basis for U.S. immigration policy. He was a dominant force in the passage of the Refu. gee Act of 1980. For 15 years he has stood with me in op. posing the madness of the nuclear arms race. in opposing an everescalating Penta. gon budget. and in opposing U.S. intervention in Third World countries.
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