Olin Teague

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 6, 1910 in Woodward, OK
Died: January 23, 1981 in Bethesda, MD

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Key House Vote Data for Olin Teague in 1966

Date	Subject	Result	Conserv. Position	Teague Voted
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)		No Vote
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)
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)
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)		No Vote
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)		No Vote
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)
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)
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.
1966-05-18	Government-Sponsored Investments [HR14544]	Passed (206-190)
Passage of the bill authorizing the government to sell participations in pools of assets acquired by federal agencies in various lending programs.
1966-05-26	Minimum Wage Coverage Extensions [HR13712]	Rejected (195-200)
Anderson (R-IL) amendment to delete language extending minimum wage coverage in 1969 to certain retail and service establishments with gross sales or business of $250,000 or more (leaving a sales volume cutoff of $500,000 after its reduction to that level from the existing $1 million in 1967).
1966-05-26	Minimum Wage Increases [HR13712]	Passed (303-93)
Passage of the bill to: increase the federal minimum wage for non-farm workers in stages from $1.25 to $1.60 an hour, to become fully effective by Feb. 1, 1969 for presently covered workers, and by Feb. 1, 1971 for non-farm workers brought under minimum wage coverage for the first time by the bill; extend minimum wage coverage to an additional 7.2 million to 7.9 million employees, including certain agricultural workers; extend existing overtime protection to certain employees not previously covered; and establish a minimum wage of $1 an hour for newly covered farm workers, to be increased in steps to $1.30 by Feb. 1, 1969.
1966-06-06	International Education Act [HR14643]	Passed (195-90)
Passage of the International Education Act of 1966 to provide financial aid for international studies at U.S. colleges and universities.
1966-06-08	Increase Debt Limit [HR15202]	Passed (199-165)
Passage of the bill to increase the temporary debt limit from $328 to $330 billion and extend it for one year, through June 30, 1967.
1966-06-09	"Food for Freedom" Repayment [HR14929]	Agreed To (193-165)
Agriculture Committee amendment increasing the maximum repayment period for long-term dollar credit sales under Title I from 20 to 40 years.
1966-06-09	"Food for Freedom" Sales to Communists [HR14929]	Rejected (157-200)
Walker (R-MS) motion to recommit the bill to the House Agriculture Committee with instructions to ban dollar (as well as local currency) sales to all Communist countries (aimed at Poland and Yugoslavia) and to prohibit government resale of commodities at less than 115 percent of the current price-support level or less than 80 percent of parity, whichever was higher, whenever carryover was less than 50 (rather than 25) percent.
1966-06-16	Presidential Control of Consumer Credit [HR14025]	Rejected (73-275)
House Banking and Currency Committee amendment to add language providing the President with standby authority to issue regulations to control the extension of consumer credit.
1966-07-14	Foreign Aid Authorization [HR15750]	Rejected (191-193)
Adair (R-IN) motion to recommit the bill to the Foreign Affairs Committee with instructions to shorten the two year authorizations (fiscal 1967-68) to one year (1967) with the exception of those for the Alliance for Progress and the Development Loan Fund which were to remain at five years, and to reduce the Loan Fund authorization to $750 million from $1 billion annually.
1966-07-14	Foreign Assistance Act [HR15750]	Agreed To (237-146)
Passage of the Amendments authorizing appropriations of $4,109,119,000 (including $1 million in foreign currencies) in fiscal 1967 and $4,158,339,000 in fiscal 1968 for both economic and military assistance programs, and providing five-year authorizations for the Alliance for Progress and the Development Loan Fund.
1966-07-21	Funding for Reclamation Projects [S602]	Rejected (136-204)
Adoption of the conference report increasing authorizations for the small reclamation projects program from $100 million to $200 million, extending the program to all 50 states (instead of just the 17 Western reclamation states), raising the limit on federal aid to a single project from $5 million to $6.5 million, and setting a new interest rate for program loans.
1966-08-09	Open Housing [HR14765]	Rejected (190-222)
Moore (R-WV) motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to delete Title IV, the open housing title.
1966-08-09	Civil Rights Act [HR14765]	Passed (259-157)
Passage of the Act to bar discrimination in the selection of federal and state juries, to provide for injunctive relief against and punishment for interference with the exercise of rights, to bar discrimination in the sale or rental of some housing and to authorize suits to desegregate public facilities.
1966-08-11	Highway Beautification [HR14359]	Rejected (173-175)
Ford (R-MI) motion to recommit the bill with instructions to delete authorization of $493 million in fiscal 1967-68 appropriations for highway beautification.
1966-08-16	Reduce/Restrict Mass Transit Funds [HR14810]	Agreed To (205-161)
Talcott (R-CA) motion to recommit the bill to the Banking and Finance Committee with instructions to reduce the authorization for appropriations from $175 million to $150 million for fiscal 1968 and to extend the program for one year, through fiscal 1968, instead of indefinitely.
1966-08-16	Urban Mass Transit Act [HR14810]	Passed (236-127)
Passage of the bill extending the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for one year, through fiscal 1968; authorizing appropriations of $150 million for fiscal 1968; increasing the limit on the amount which may be spent on research, development and demonstration projects; and authorizing a new program of grants for certain technical studies.
1966-09-20	Foreign Economic Aid [HR17788]	Agreed To (186-183)		No Vote
Bow (R-OH) motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to limit appropriations for economic assistance to $2,222,065,800, providing (in combination with Appropriations Committee cuts) a 10 percent reduction in economic aid below budget requests.

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