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| 1962-02-06 | Replace Scholarships with Loans [S1241] | Rejected (37-50) |
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| Lausche (D-OH) amendment to delete the scholarship provisions and substitute an increase of $85 million in funds authorized for student loans under the National Defense Education Act of 1958. | |||||
| 1962-03-14 | Abolish D.C. Capital Punishment [HR5143] | Rejected (19-63) |
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| Morse (D-OR) amendment to abolish capital punishment in the District of Columbia. | |||||
| 1962-03-27 | Poll Tax Ban [SJRE29] | Agreed To (59-34) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table the Javits (R-NY) amendment to ban the poll tax by statute instead of by constitutional amendment. | |||||
| 1962-05-09 | Literacy Tests for Voting | Rejected (43-53) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT)-Dirksen (R-IL) motion to invoke cloture and limit debate on the administration bill which would require that anyone with a sixth grade education must be passed in a literacy test for voting in federal elections. | |||||
| 1962-06-07 | Food Sales to Communist Nations [S2996] | Agreed To (56-34) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT)-Dirksen (R-IL) amendment to permit the President, under certain circumstances, to sell or give food to Communist countries such as Yugoslavia and Poland. | |||||
| 1962-06-07 | Aid to Soviet Allies [S2996] | Rejected (40-45) |
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| Cotton (R-NH) amendment barring aid to any nation which exported to the U.S.S.R. or to any nation dominated or controlled by the U.S.S.R. any war implements or articles of strategic significance or articles found by the National Security Council to be contrary to U.S. security interests (in effect, waiving presidential discretion under the Battle Act). | |||||
| 1962-06-28 | Lower Debt Limit Ceiling [HR11990] | Rejected (37-52) |
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| Williams (R-DE) amendment to lower the temporary public debt limit ceiling to $306 billion, rather than $308 billion. The bill contained provisions to gradually reduce the debt limit to $300 billion by June 30, 1963. | |||||
| 1962-07-12 | Increase Medicare Flexibility [HR10606] | Rejected (34-50) |
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| Saltonstall (R-MA) substitute for pending Anderson (D-NM) amendment providing hospitalization insurance under Social Security. The Saltonstall substitute provided a choice of specified minimum medical benefits, financed by federal-state matching grants, for persons over 65 in states choosing to participate in the program. | |||||
| 1962-07-17 | Medicare [HR10606] | Agreed To (52-48) |
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| Kerr (D-OK) motion to table (kill) Anderson (D-NM) amendment providing health insurance for most persons 65 and over, to be financed by an increase in the Social Security tax, a raise in the Social Security wage base and by funds from the general revenue. | |||||
| 1962-07-20 | Funds for Segregated Hospitals [HR10904] | Agreed To (37-33) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table (kill) Javits (R-NY) amendment to prohibit use of federal funds for segregated hospitals or related facilities. | |||||
| 1962-08-29 | Entertainment-Related Tax Deductions [HR10650] | Agreed To (54-39) |
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| Committee amendment to permit businessmen to deduct entertainment expenses "associated with" as well as "directly related to" the active conduct of a trade of business. | |||||
| 1962-09-04 | Utility Investment Tax Credits [HR10650] | Rejected (27-38) |
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| Proxmire (D-WI) amendment to reduce the investment tax credit available to gas pipelines from 7 percent to 3 percent of the cost of new purchases. | |||||
| 1962-09-11 | Marshall Appeals Court Confirmation | Confirmed (54-16) |
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| Confirmation of the President's nomination of Thurgood Marshall as a judge of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. | |||||
| 1962-09-21 | National Aquarium Funding [HR8181] | Rejected (28-43) |
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| Morse (D-OR) motion to recommit (kill) the bill to authorize the General Services Administration to construct a National Fisheries Center and Aquarium in Washington, D.C., at a cost of $10,000,000. | |||||
| 1962-10-01 | Foreign Aid Increases [HR13175] | Agreed To (47-28) |
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| Adoption of Senate Appropriations Committee amendments providing $785 million more than the $3,430,000,000 provided by the House for development grants and loans, investment guarantees, supporting assistance, the contingency fund, the Alliance for Progress and military aid. | |||||
| 1962-10-01 | Communist Funding Waiver [HR13175] | Agreed To (39-37) |
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| Adoption of Senate Appropriations Committee amendments barring aid to Communist countries, including 18 listed nations, unless the President determined and reported to Congress that the aid was vital to U.S. security, the the recipient was not controlled by the international Communist conspiracy and the the aid would promote the recipient's independence from international Communism. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |