[Congressional biography]
Born: November 6, 1923 in Detroit, MI
Died: April 16, 2015
in Traverse City, MI
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Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Griffin Voted | |
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1966-02-09 | Asian Development Bank [HR12563] | Passed (293-80) |
No Vote | ||
Passage of the bill to accept membership for the United States in the Asian Development Bank and to authorize appropriations of $200 million for the entire U.S. subscription to the Bank. | |||||
1966-02-24 | Foreign Aid Allocations [HR12169] | Rejected (169-213) |
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Derwinski (R-IL) motion to recommit the bill to the House Foreign Affairs Committee with instructions to earmark the supporting assistance funds as follows: $275 million for Vietnam, $7.5 million for Laos, $7.5 million for Thailand, and $25 million for the Dominican Republic. | |||||
1966-03-03 | Cotton Research Referendum [HR12322] | Passed (189-183) |
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Passage of the bill providing for a referendum to be held on a $1 a bale assessment on cotton farmers (refunded upon request) with the funds to be used for a program of cotton research and promotion. | |||||
1966-04-06 | Interior Department Expenditures [HR14215] | Rejected (157-233) |
No Vote | ||
Bow (R-OH) motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to amend it to limit expenditures for agencies and programs funded by HR 14215 to 95 percent of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 budget for these agencies and programs. | |||||
1966-04-06 | Treasury/Postal Service Expenditures [HR14266] | Rejected (127-244) |
No Vote | ||
Bow (R-OH) motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to amend it to limit expenditures for agencies and programs funded by HR 14266 to 95 percent of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 budget for these agencies and programs. | |||||
1966-04-19 | Grand Coulee Dam Construction [HR7406] | Passed (249-79) |
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Passage of the bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to spend $390 million for construction of a third power plant at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington and to establish basinwide accounting procedures to facilitate repayment of federal hydroelectric power plant and irrigation project costs. | |||||
1966-04-26 | Food Sales to North Vietnam Allies [HR14596] | Agreed To (290-98) |
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Findley (R-IL) motion to recommit the bill with instructions to report it back with an amendment prohibiting the sale of agricultural commodities under the Food for Peace program to countries trading with North Vietnam or permitting ships or airplanes of their registry to transport goods to North Vietnam as long as that country was under Communist rule. | |||||
1966-04-27 | Expand EEOC Coverage and Empowerment [HR10065] | Passed (300-93) |
No Vote | ||
Passage of the bill strengthening federal equal employment statutes by authorizing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to issue cease and desist orders against discriminatory practices in employment, and accelerating coverage of employers and unions by existing nondiscriminatory hiring and union membership requirements. | |||||
1966-05-05 | Labor and HEW Expenditures [HR14745] | Rejected (143-236) |
No Vote | ||
Bow (R-OH) motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to amend it to limit expenditures for agencies and programs funded by HR 14745 to 95 percent of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 budget for these agencies and programs. | |||||
1966-05-10 | Additional Funds for Rent Supplements [HR14921] | Agreed To (192-188) |
No Vote | ||
Boland (D-MA) amendment to provide $20 million in rent supplement contractual authority (in addition to existing contract authority of $12 million) and $2 million for payments under the contracts in fiscal 1967, and to limit the payment of supplements and contractual authority pursuant to the program to projects which were either approved by local officials or part of a "workable program" -- a local blueprint for use of federal housing aid. |
Represents a "Yes" vote. Represents a "No" vote. 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). |