representative howard smith was the chair of the house rules committee. the importance of the house rules committee is before a bill can be debated by the house, the rules committee has to set a revolution resolution governing the terms of debate. the reason for that is the house is so big they cannot just have a free-form debate. he was not in favor of the civil rights act. when a civil rights bill came into his committee, is he would retire home to his farm in virginia. but this time because the 1964 civil rights act was advocated for by president johnson as a tribute to the slain president kennedy, representative smith was under considerable political pressure to do something. he knew he had to report it out of his committee. before he did so, he added something to amend the bill. title vii protects against employment discrimination. as a protected category two title vii. he thought that would weaken the bill and it would not pass. in actually did pass, so title vii outlaws employment discrimination by businesses on the basis of race, color, religion,

smith's roster of democratic includedents has hillary clinton, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, jerry brown and howard dean. in california, mr. smith successfully directed los underdogayor's campaign and was instrumental in the election of the san francisco district attorney as california's attorney general. san francisco mayor given new some as the lieutenant governor. the new york times has called him legendary. that sounds like the end of your career, rather than the beginning. [laughter] ben ginsberg served as national the new york times has called him legendary. younsel to the bush/chene presidential campaigns in the 2000 and 2004 election cycle and played a central role in the 2000 florida recount. 2008, he served as national counsel to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals and corporations specializing in election law issues. also serves as counsel to the republican governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university law school, a fellow at harvard institute for politics and a professor of law at georgetown.

smith's roster of democratic party client has included hillary clinton, dianne feinstein, barbara boxer, jerry brown, richard daley, and howard dean. in california, mr. smith successfully directed los angeles mayor antonio's underdog campaign and was instrumental in the election of san francisco district attorney kamala harris as california's attorney general. and san francisco mayor gavin newsom as california's lieutenant governor. he also ran san francisco mayor eddie lee's first campaign. times" has called him "legendary." it sounds like the end of your career rather than the beginning of it. mr. smith: i certainly can't run in the republican party. mr. hanson: ben ginsberg -- in 2004 election cycles, and played a central role in the 2000 florida recount. 2008, he served as national counsel to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals, and corporations specializing in election law issues. mr. ginsburg also serves as counsel to the republican governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university law school, a fellow at harvard's institute for

howard dean. >> in california mr. smith successfully directed los angeles mayor and tonio underdog campaign and was instrumental in the election of san francisco district attorney attorney general. in san francisco mayor gavin newson as california lieutenant governor. he also ran san francisco and lease campaign. the new york times has called him legendary. sounds like the end of your career rather than the beginning of it. then ginsberg served as national council to the bush, cheney presidential campaign in 2,024 election cycle in 2,012 and 2,008, he served as national council to the romney for president campaign. he currently represents numerous political parties, individuals and corporations specializing in election law issues. mr. ginsberg also serves as counsel to the republic governors association. he has been a guest lecturer at the stanford university loft law school, a fellow at harvard institute, and an adjunct professor of law at georgetown. before law school he spent five years as a journalist. please welcome ou

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