Date: July 10, 1981
Subject: Busing Filibuster
Description: Baker (R-TN) motion to invoke cloture (and thus limit debate) on the bill to authorize programs for the Justice Department in fiscal 1982. This was an effort to choke off the Weicker filibuster, which was launched after Senator Helms offered an anti-busing provision.
Result: Cloture Motion Rejected, 38-48
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