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Gap between Democratic and Republican sponsorship of civil rights bills widened in rapid bursts during 1994 and 2014. Democrats were more likely than Republicans to sponsor bills supporting nearly every group. Sharpest divergence was in legislation supporting racial minorities, LGBTQ+, and women.
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The partisan divide over civil rights legislation widened abruptly in the 1990s and 2010s

Legislative support for civil rights in Congress has grown over the past fifty years, but this support is increasingly divided by party. A new study indicates this polarization accelerated sharply during the 1990s and 2010s.