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| 1964-01-20 | International Development Fund [S2214] | Rejected (30-37) |
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| Morse (D-OR) motion to recommit the bill for further study. The bill would authorize an increase of $312 million in the U.S. contribution to the International Development Association. | |||||
| 1964-02-03 | Capital Gains Tax Rate [HR8363] | Agreed To (56-25) |
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| Finance Committee amendment deleting a House provision that would reduce capital gains tax rates. | |||||
| 1964-02-05 | Excise Tax on Pens & Pencils [HR8363] | Rejected (36-44) |
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| Hickenlooper (R-IA) amendment to remove the 10 percent federal excise tax on mechanical pens and pencils. | |||||
| 1964-02-27 | Delete Bomber Funding [HR9637] | Rejected (20-64) |
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| McGovern (D-SD) amendment to delete $52 million authorized for development of an advanced bomber to replace current bombers in the 1970's. | |||||
| 1964-03-06 | Food Credits for Communists [HR6196] | Rejected (36-53) |
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| Tower (R-TX) amendment to prohibit the Export-Import Bank or any other U.S. agency from extending or guaranteeing credit to any Communist nation for the purchase of U.S. agricultural commodities; and to require that at least 50 percent of any U.S. agricultural commodiity sold to a Communist nation be carried on U.S. flagships. | |||||
| 1964-06-09 | Desegregation Training Funds [HR7152] | Rejected (40-56) |
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| Hickenlooper (R-IA) amendment to delete from Title IV, covering desegregation of schools, the authorization of federal funds to aid colleges in operating programs to train school personnel to handle desegregation problems. | |||||
| 1964-06-12 | Labor Union Discrimination [HR7152] | Rejected (26-62) |
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| Tower (R-TX) amendment to void union shops where unions have been found to discriminate. | |||||
| 1964-06-19 | Civil Rights Act [HR7152] | Passed (73-27) |
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| Passage of the bill to enforce the right to vote; prevent discrimination in access to public accommodations and public facilities; expedite public school desegregation; extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission for four years and broaden its powers; prevent discrimination in administration of federally assisted programs; prevent discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin in employment and labor union membership; direct Census studies of registration and voting based on race, color and national origin; establish a Community Relations Service to mediate racial disputes; and permit the Attorney General to instigate or intervene in certain civil rights cases. | |||||
| 1964-06-26 | Increase Debt Limit [HR11375] | Passed (48-21) |
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| Passage of the bill to increase the temporary national debt limit to $324 billion through June 30, 1965. | |||||
| 1964-06-30 | Urban Mass Transit [S6] | Passed (47-36) |
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| Passage of the bill authorizing federal matching grants to states and localities totaling $375 million over three years as the "first installment" of a program to improve urban mass transportation service. | |||||
| 1964-07-02 | Deny Pensions to Reluctant Testifiers [HR11049] | Rejected (38-52) |
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| Williams (R-DE) amendment to deny retirement benefits to government employees invoking the 5th Amendment in testimony before a Congressional committee. | |||||
| 1964-07-02 | Congressional Pay Raise [HR11049] | Passed (58-21) |
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| Passage of the bill to raise the salaries of approximately 1.7 million federal career employees and of federal executives, judges and members of Congress by $556.8 million. | |||||
| 1964-07-23 | "Anti-Poverty" Bill [S2642] | Passed (61-34) |
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| Passage of the bill authorizing $947.2 million in fiscal 1965 for a wide variety of programs to combat poverty. | |||||
| 1964-07-31 | Let District of Columbia Into AFDC [HR10199] | Rejected (32-39) |
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No Vote | |
| Ribicoff (D-CT) amendment to provide $339,425 to permit Washington D.C. entry into the federal program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children of Unemployed Parents. | |||||
| 1964-09-02 | Create "Medicare" [HR11865] | Agreed To (49-44) |
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| Gore (D-TN) amendment authorizing a new program of medical care for persons 65 and over financed through an increase in the Social Security tax and wage base and from general revenues. | |||||
| 1964-09-28 | Junior ROTC Programs [HR9124] | Rejected (10-43) |
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No Vote | |
| Nelson (D-WI) amendment deleting Junior ROTC provisions and setting a 300-unit ceiling on the existing ROTC program. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |