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Jordan supported the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, legislation that required banks to lend and make services available to underserved poor and minority communities.

She supported the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and expansion of that act to cover language minorities ; this extended protection to Hispanics in Texas and was opposed by Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe and Secretary of State Mark White.

She also authored an act that ended federal authorization of price fixing by manufacturers.