sentences:  Despite this, Cramer had been one of the few Southern Congressmen not to sign the 1956 anti-desegregation Southern Manifesto and Cramer voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1968, but voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, while Cramer did not vote on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.In time, Cramer became the ranking minority member on the then-named House Public Works Committee.He was a ranking member of the Roads subcommittee and was influential in federal highway policy at a time of extensive expansion of federal investment.