Most bills can originate in either house of congress. One type of bill, however, must be signed in the House of Representatives. ... After it is introduced to Congress it goes to a standing committee where it is then approved before it can be voted on by that house.
Well if we are talking about voting rights and equality, that would be Martin Luther King. He set equality for black people while Abraham Lincoln had just freed them decades earlier.
President John F. Kennedy. Upon taking office, Johnson, also known as LBJ, launched an ambitious slate of progressive reforms aimed at creating a “Great Society” for all Americans. Many of the programs he championed—Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act—had a profound and lasting impact in health, education and civil rights. Despite his impressive achievements, however, Johnson’s legacy was marred by his failure to lead the nation out of the quagmire of the Vietnam War. He declined to run for a second term in office, and retired to his Texas ranch in January 1969.
