See the votes of Jesse Helms, one of the forefathers of modern conservatism.
After almost a decade of ignoring or stigmatizing the victims of HIV/AIDS, Congress agrees to pass the Ryan White CARE Act, which funds the life-saving drug AZT for low-income or uninsured patients. Four senators including Sen. Jesse Helms vote against the act.
Look at the career of Mitt Romney, former Presidential candidate and current Republican Senator from Utah.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
