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| 1961-06-22 | Kennedy Housing Bill [HR6028] | Rejected (197-215) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Passage of the bill to create the Peace Corps. | |||||
| 1961-09-21 | Establish Arts Council [HR4172] | Defeated (166-173) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |