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| 1962-02-20 | Increase Debt Limit [HR10050] | Passed (251-144) |
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| Passage of the bill to increase the national debt limit ceiling to $300 billion during fiscal 1962 (a $2 billion increase over the temporary ceiling of $298 billion set in 1961). | |||||
| 1962-02-21 | Cabinet-Level Housing Agency [HRE530] | Agreed To (264-150) |
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| Adoption of the resolution disapproving President Kennedy's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1962, creating an Urban Affairs and Housing Department by elevation of the Housing and Home Finance Agency to the Cabinet level. | |||||
| 1962-03-15 | Labor Department-Affiliated Unionism [HR8723] | Rejected (182-218) |
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| Ashbrook (R-OH) motion to recommit the conference report and restore the wording of a House amendment prohibiting affiliated union membership by the Labor Department's welfare and pension division employees. | |||||
| 1962-03-29 | Tax Increases [HR10650] | Passed (219-196) |
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| The final version of this bill contained numerous provisions raising the taxes of various individuals, organizations and other groups. | |||||
| 1962-04-03 | Peace Corps Expansion [HR10700] | Passed (317-70) |
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| Passage of the bill to authorize an appropriation of $63,750,000 for the Peace Corps in fiscal 1963 to permit expansion of the Corps from its current level of 920 volunteers to about 10,000 by Aug. 31, 1963. | |||||
| 1962-04-11 | Limit Franking Privileges [HR11151] | Rejected (192-197) |
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| Conte (R-MA) motion to recommit the bill with instructions that the Appropriations Committee amend it to prohibit use of Post Office funds to pay for handling Congressional franked mail addressed only to "occupant". | |||||
| 1962-05-09 | Pay Reparations to Philippines [HR8617] | Defeated (171-201) |
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| Passage of the bill to authorize $73 million for payments to Philippine citizens and corporations of unpaid balances of World War II damage awards made under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946. | |||||
| 1962-06-06 | Equitable School Lunch Funding Distribution [HR11665] | Rejected (159-221) |
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| Ashbrook (R-OH) motion to recommit the bill with instructions to delete language authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture, in allotting special assistance funds to the states, to take into consideration the need of students for free or reduced-price lunches. | |||||
| 1962-07-12 | Foreign Aid / Alliance for Progress [HR11921] | Passed (250-164) |
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| Passage of the bill making new fiscal 1963 authorizations of $1,915,400,000 and providing a four-year authorization of $2.4 billion, including $600 million in fiscal 1963, for aid to Latin America under the Alliance for Progress. | |||||
| 1962-08-27 | Poll Tax [SJRE29] | Agreed To (295-86) |
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| Adoption of the resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution to ban the use of poll tax as requirement for voting in federal elections. | |||||
| 1962-09-14 | Tie U.N. Loans to Members' Obligations [S2768] | Rejected (171-219) |
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| Adair (R-IN) motion to recommit the bill to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, with instructions to report it back with an amendment barring any loans until the U.N. General Assembly adopted the World Court opinion on financial obligations of members. The bill would authorize the President to match up to $100 million in purchases of U.N. bonds by other U.N. members. | |||||
| 1962-09-19 | Increase Industrial Security [HR11363] | Passed (247-132) |
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| Passage of the bill to give Congressional authorization for an industrial security program barring security risks in private employment from access to classified information and, in certain cases, providing hearings for those whose access to such materials had been revoked (considered under suspension-of-the-rules procedure). | |||||
| 1962-09-26 | Stop Spread of Western Communism [SJRE230] | Rejected (140-251) |
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| Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit the bill to the Armed Services Committee with instructions to amend it to include a more forceful provision regarding implementation of the Monroe Doctrine. This resolution expressed U.S. determination to prevent the spread of Communism from Cuba to the rest of the Western Hemisphere by any means necessary, including the use of arms. | |||||
| 1962-10-04 | Extend Child Labor Restrictions [S1123] | Rejected (137-193) |
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| Gubser (R-CA) amendment to strike the enacting clause of the bill which would extend the child labor provisions of the Act to children employed in agriculture. | |||||
| 1962-10-10 | Civil Rights Commission Funding [HR12580] | Agreed To (171-76) |
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| Adoption of the conference report appropriating $2,025,895,700, including the Civil Rights Commission, and including a $100 million loan to the United Nations. | |||||
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Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote.
"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |