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Catherine Norrell

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 30, 1901 in Camden, AR
Died: August 26, 1981 in Warren, AR

Education:

  • Attended University of Arkansas

Career:

  • School teacher
  • Music director at Arkansas A&M University
  • Deputy assistant U.S. Secretary of State, 1963-1965
  • U.S. State Department Reception Center (Honolulu), 1965-1969

Other notes:

  • Wife of William Norrell



Key House Vote Data for Catherine Norrell in 1961


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Norrell
Voted
1961-04-26 Bypass Congress for Redevelopment Funds [S1] Agreed To
(224-193)
Adoption of the conference report authorizing $394 million in federal loans and grants for redevelopment of economically depressed industrial and rural areas, financing $300 million in loan funds directly from the Treasury instead of by Congressional appropriations.

1961-06-08 Repeal Transportation Taxes [HR7446] Rejected
(189-196)
Alger (R-TX) motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment repealing the 10 percent tax on railroad, air, water and bus travel.

1961-06-12 Weaken D.C. Crime Control Rules [HR7053] Rejected
(104-252)
Lindsay (R-NY) motion to recommit the bill to the District of Columbia Committee. The bill would qualify a 1957 Supreme Court decision in the Mallory case, dealing with unnecessary delay in arraignments to provide that, in District of Columbia courts, evidence should not be inadmissible solely because of a delay in arrignment.

1961-06-22 Kennedy Housing Bill [HR6028] Rejected
(197-215)
No Vote
McDonough (R-CA) motion to recommit the bill with instructions that Banking and Currency Committee report out a substitute bill extending existing programs for one year, with a $1.1 billion authorization.

1961-06-26 Increase Debt Limit [HR7677] Passed
(231-148)
Passage of the bill to increase the national debt limit ceiling for one year from its permanent $285 billion level to $298 billion during fiscal 1962.

1961-08-31 Foreign Aid Bill [S1983] Agreed To
(260-132)
No Vote
Adoption of the conference report authorizing $4,253,500,000 in fiscal 1962 for foreign aid and $1.5 billion in each of the following four years for development loans.

1961-09-06 Government Interference with Pensions [HR8723] Rejected
(245-161)
Powell (D-NY) motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill to amend the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act of 1958 to provide for its more effective enforcement.

1961-09-13 Extend Civil Rights Commission [HR7371] Agreed To
(300-106)
Rooney (D-NY) motion to agree to a Senate amendment extending the Civil Rights Commission for two years.

1961-09-14 Create Peace Corps [HR7500] Passed
(288-97)
Passage of the bill to create the Peace Corps.

1961-09-21 Establish Arts Council [HR4172] Defeated
(166-173)
No Vote
Passage of the bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts.

1961-09-22 Extra Funding for D.C. Schools [HR258] Rejected
(142-159)
No Vote
Adoption of the conference report, which included a provision making Washington D.C. schools eligible for aid under the "impacted" areas program.

1961-09-23 Establish Arms Control Agency [HR9118] Agreed To
(253-50)
Adoption of the conference report establishing a U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

1961-09-26 Presidential Withholding of Information [HR9033] Agreed To
(152-119)
Senate amendment permitting the President to withhold foreign aid information requested for Congressional examination if he certifies his reason for doing so.



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