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"The principal tragedy of the Biden amendment...is that it would signal a major crumbling of Federal determination to achieve equal justice...the Biden amendment is thus a real threat not only to the gains of the sixties, but to decency in this society." [NYTimes editorial, 1975] 
"Biden said his amendment was designed to prevent 'Federal bureaucrats' from ordering busing...civil rights lobbyists began an immediate campaign to overturn the Biden amendment....antibusing Senators led by Helms fought to retain the original Biden restrictions." [NYTimes, 1975]
"We are declaring war on all attempts to weaken or destroy affirmative action and civil rights enforcement," Hooks [NAACP Executive Director] said. "This includes such things as the attachment of riders & amendments onto bills such as the Eagleton‐Biden amendment." [NYTimes, '78]
"Biden...attached a successful restriction...prohibiting the agency from terminating funds to school districts where compliance with desegregation orders would require busing."
"The action effectively took away from the agency its most effective tool..." [NYTimes, 1981]
"The action effectively took away from the agency its most effective tool..." [NYTimes, 1981]
