[SoCal Pubbie]

There were no boomers in Congress when legislation creating welfare, the EPA, the Department of Education, the 1965 immigration act, etc were passed.

[Gay State Conservative]

There were no boomers in Congress when legislation creating welfare...

True,but they felt the heat created by the "Freedom Riders" (and others) that began about then.Those Marxists were young Boomers feeling their oats.