Editing Eugene McCarthy (section)

==U.S. Senate==
[[File:John F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy.jpg|thumb|McCarthy with President [[John F. Kennedy]]]]
He served as a member of (among other committees) the powerful [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]]. McCarthy became known to a larger audience in 1960 when he supported twice-defeated presidential candidate [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]] for the Democratic nomination. He pleaded during his speech nominating Stevenson, "Do not reject this man who made us all proud to be called Democrats!" He joked about his own merits as a candidate, "I'm twice as liberal as [[Hubert Humphrey]], twice as intelligent as [[Stuart Symington]], and twice as Catholic as [[Jack Kennedy]]."<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> He was considered as a possible running mate for Lyndon Johnson in 1964, only to see fellow Minnesota Senator Humphrey chosen for that position.<ref name="mccarthyobit">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article757689.ece|title=Eugene McCarthy|work=[[Times of London]]|date=December 12, 2005|access-date=March 30, 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

McCarthy voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.}}</ref> the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409|title=HR. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78|title=TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.}}</ref> and the [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s151|title=TO PASS H.R. 6675, THE SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1965.}}</ref> He did not vote on the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> or on the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

Along with [[Ted Kennedy]], McCarthy was one of the original co-sponsors of the [[Immigration Act of 1965]]. He later regretted this, noting that "unrecognized by virtually all of the bill's supporters were provisions which would eventually lead to unprecedented growth in numbers and the transfer of policy control from the elected representatives of the American people to individuals wishing to bring relatives to this country".<ref>{{citation|title=A Colony of the World: The United States Today|page=[https://archive.org/details/colonyofworlduni00mcca/page/57 57]|first=Eugene J.|last=McCarthy|publisher=Hippocrene Books|year=1992|isbn=978-0781801027|url=https://archive.org/details/colonyofworlduni00mcca/page/57}}</ref> He became a member of the [[Federation for American Immigration Reform]]'s board of advisors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairus.org/DocServer/Jan06_NL.pdf?docID=6119|format=PDF|publisher=Federation for American Immigration Reform|title=A Personal Note on the Passing of Eugene McCarthy|date=2006|work=December 2005/January 2006 Immigration Report|access-date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>

McCarthy met with [[Marxist-Leninist]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara]] in New York City in 1964 to discuss repairing relations between the US and [[Cuba]].<ref>Eisele, Al (March 25, 2009) [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-eisele/when-gene-mccarthy-met-wi_b_179068.html "When Gene McCarthy Met Che Guevara"], ''Huffington Post''; retrieved January 29, 2010.</ref> They met in journalist [[Lisa Howard (reporter)|Lisa Howard]]'s apartment on [[Park Avenue]] in Manhattan.<ref>United States National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1964–66, POL CUBA-US. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Woods on December 18.</ref> The 2008 film ''[[Che: Part One]]'' depicts this event.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}