The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
On this date in 1962, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. At the time, five states maintained poll taxes which disproportionately affected African-American voters: Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Texas.
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Radical
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It's indicated in the name of it, it's 'radical' / 'extreme'
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have fallen by more than one-half.
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Thick, noticeable smog in many of the cities and manufacturing centers of the United States helped bring the 1970 e Clean Air Act to spur passage at the height of the national environmental movement. The ensuing modifications were intended to enhance its effectiveness and address newly recognized problems of air pollution such as acid rain and stratospheric ozone layer damage. The Clean Air Act allows EPA to set national environmental air quality levels for certain specific and prevalent contaminants, based on the latest research, to protect public health and welfare nationally. Certain main regulations are intended to reduce the rise in emissions from increasing motor vehicle numbers and new manufacturing plants.
