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Edwin Forsythe

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 17, 1916 in Westtown, PA
Died: March 29, 1984 in Moorestown, NJ

Career:

  • Moorestown Township committee, 1953-1962
  • Moorestown planning board, 1962-1963

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Moorestown, 1957-1962
  • NJ Senate, 1964-1970


Key House Vote Data for Edwin Forsythe in 1970


Key vote data shown on this page comes from the American Conservative Union (ACU/CPAC) and Voteview.


Click on the RESULT of a specific vote to see how all members voted.

DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position		Forsythe
Voted
1970-11-18 Protectionist Trade Amendments [HRES1225] Rejected
(192-201)
Gibbons (D-FL) amendment to the rule under which the bill was considered, permitting amendments deleting provisions from the bill. No amendments adding provisions would have been permitted. The bill would have imposed statutory import quotas on textiles and footwear and established procedures for imposing quotas on 200 other imports.
1970-11-24 OSHA Standards [HR16785] Agreed To
(220-173)
Steiger (R-WI)-Sikes (D-FL) amendment in the nature of a substitute bill authorizing a presidentially appointed board to set occupational safety standards and an appeals commission, also appointed by the President, to enforce those standards.
1970-12-08 SST Funding [HR17755] Agreed To
(213-174)
Boland (D-MA) motion to table the Yates (D-IL) motion instructing House conferees to accept a Senate amendment deleting $289.9 million for development of the supersonic transport.
1970-12-09 Railroad Union Pay Raises [HJR1413] Agreed To
(215-172)
Staggers (D-WV) amendment providing for a 5-percent raise, retroactive to Jan. 1 1970, for four railroad operating unions and a 32-cents-an-hour raise retroactive to Nov. 1, 1970.
1970-12-21 U.N. Expansion Grant [HJR1146] Rejected
(124-168)
Gross (R-IA) amendment to recommit the bill with instructions to add an amendment prohibiting payment of the $20 million U.S. contribution to the United Nations until all delinquent dues of member nations were paid in full.
1970-12-21 "Racially Impacted" School Aid [HR19446] Passed
(159-77)
Passage of the bill authorizing $1.5 billion in aid to public schools undergoing desegregation. Money in this bill was likely to end up financing busing schemes.


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