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| 1969-03-13 | Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty | Agreed To (83-15) |
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| Approval of the resolution consenting to the ratification of the treaty to ban the spread of nuclear weapons. The treaty barred the transfer of nuclear devices to countries which did not posess such equipment. Action on ratification of this treaty was delayed due to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August, 1968. | |||||
| 1969-05-13 | Closing Jobs Corps Centers [SRES194] | Rejected (40-52) |
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| Adoption of the resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Nixon administration defer closing 59 Job Corps Centers until Congress had reviewed antipoverty legislation. | |||||
| 1969-06-25 | Limit Presidential Military Commitments [SRES85] | Agreed To (70-16) |
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| Passage of the resolution defining a national commitment as the use of armed forces on foreign territory or a promise to assist a foreign country by armed force or financial resources, and affirming the role of the Congress with respect to making national commitments. This resolution, which did not carry the force of law, nevertheless represented a clear expression of Senate sentiment opposed by Presidents Johnson and Nixon as a restriction on the President. The measure had originally been introduced in 1967. | |||||
| 1969-07-07 | Farm Subsidy Ceiling [HR11612] | Agreed To (53-34) |
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| Adoption of the Senate Appropriations Committee amendment eliminating the House-passed $20,000 ceiling on subsidy payments to individual farmers. The limitation would increase the cost of the cotton program and it was argued that such action should be considered more thoroughly as part of a pending review of farm legislation. | |||||
| 1969-07-31 | Surtax Extension [HR9951] | Agreed To (51-48) |
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| Adoption of the Long (D-LA) amendment to extend the surtax at 10 percent through Dec. 31. | |||||
| 1969-08-06 | Safeguard ABM Funds [S2546] | Rejected (50-50) |
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| Second Smith (R-ME) amendment to prevent funds from being used on the Safeguard Antiballistic Missile (ABM) system while allowing development of other ABM or weapons systems. | |||||
| 1969-10-14 | Governors' Vetos of OEO Programs [S3016] | Agreed To (45-40) |
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| Murphy (R-CA) amendment giving Governors veto power over legal services projects and eliminating the Office of Economic Opportunity director's right to override a Governor's veto on legal services programs. | |||||
| 1969-11-10 | Urban Renewal Funding [HR12307] | Rejected (34-36) |
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| Hart (D-MI) amendment increasing funds for urban renewal by $587.5 million. | |||||
| 1969-11-13 | Haynsworth Supreme Court Nomination | Rejected (45-55) |
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| Rejection of President Nixon's nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Haynsworth was actively opposed by organized labor and civil rights groups. | |||||
| 1969-12-01 | Oil Depletion Allowance [HR13270] | Rejected (30-62) |
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| Ellender (D-LA) amendment restoring to 27.5 percent the depletion allowance on oil and gas. | |||||
| 1969-12-06 | Graduated Minimum Tax Bracketing [HR13270] | Rejected (24-52) |
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| Kennedy (D-MA) amendment substituting a four-bracket, graduated minimum tax in place of the 5-percent minimum tax on individuals approved by the Finance Committee. | |||||
| 1969-12-12 | Military Aid to Greece [HR14580] | Agreed To (45-38) |
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| Dodd (D-CT) amendment eliminating the prohibition on further grants of military aid to Greece. | |||||
| 1969-12-15 | U.S. Troops in Laos and Thailand [HR15090] | Agreed To (73-17) |
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| Church (D-ID) substitute for pending Cooper (R-KY)-Mansfield (D-MT) amendment stating that in line with the expressed intention of the President, no funds in the bill could be used to finance the introduction of U.S. ground combat troops into Laos and Thailand. | |||||
| 1969-12-17 | Weaken School Freedom-of-Choice Language [HR13111] | Agreed To (52-37) |
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| Scott (R-PA) amendment adding the words "except as required by the Constitution," at the beginning of the section barring use of funds to force a school district to take action involving busing of students, abolition of any school, or assignment of any student to any particular school against the wishes of his parents. This amendment watered down the House-passed freedom-of-choice school desegregation plan. The freedom-of-choice plan was opposed by the Nixon administration. | |||||
| 1969-12-20 | Block Aid to Taiwan [HR15149] | Agreed To (39-29) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT) motion to table the conference report on foreign aid appropriations for fiscal 1970. Mansfield and other Senators objected to the fact that the appropriations bill contained an amount higher than authorized. The most objectionable item from the Mansfield group's standpoint was $54.5 million for Nationalist China to purchase fighter aircraft. The item had been included by the House although the Nixon administration had not requested it. | |||||
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"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |