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Senate is a legislative chamber in the bicameral legislature of
the United States, and together with the House of
Representatives makes up the U.S. Congress....
...The
Constitution requires that senators take an oath or affirmation to
support the Constitution. Congress has prescribed the following oath
for new senators:I, ___ ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely,
without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will
well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am
about to enter. So help me God...
...Norris H. Cotton (May 11,
1900 – February 24, 1989) was
an American Republican politician and a United
States Representative as well as United States Senator from
the state of New Hampshire...
...One of his
most controversial votes came when he was the only senator from New
England to vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However,
Cotton would vote for later civil rights acts such as the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 and theCivil Rights Act of 1968...