Word: contributes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Exasperated beyond endurance, New Hampshire Republican Norris Cotton finally let fly at the fact that his fellow civil rights proponents were "contribut ing innocently or inadvertently to the so-called filibuster." He said he had been holding a watch as Virginia Democrat Willis Robertson, who makes no bones about being one of the filibusterers, spoke directly on the topic of civil rights. Said Cotton: "I discovered that when the Senator from Virginia was credited with having occupied the time from approximately 10:30 until approximately 1:30, nearly one of those three hours was taken up by other Senators...
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