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| 1970-07-09 | Military Restrictions in Cambodia [HR1562] | Agreed To (237-153) |
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| Hays (D-OH) motion to table the Riegle (R-MI) motion instructing House conferees to concur in the Senate-passed Cooper-Church amendment on Cambodia. | |||||
| 1970-07-09 | Right-to-Work [HR17070] | Agreed To (228-158) |
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| Henderson (D-NC) motion instructing House conferees to insist on the right-to-work provision in the House-passed version of the Postal Reorganization bill. | |||||
| 1970-07-23 | Unemployment Benefits for Farm Workers [HR14705] | Rejected (170-219) |
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| O'Hara (D-MI) motion to recommit the conference report with instructions to accept the Senate amendment extending coverage to certain agricultural workers. | |||||
| 1970-08-05 | Farm Subsidies [HR18546] | Passed (212-171) |
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| Passage of the bill providing three-year price support programs for wool, wheat, feed grains and cotton and for a dairy program, and limiting subsidy payments to $55,000 per crop. | |||||
| 1970-08-13 | Override Education Spending Veto [HR16916] | Veto Overridden (289-114) |
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| Reconsideration of the bill, vetoed by President Nixon Aug. 11, appropriating $4,420,145,000 for fiscal 1971 for the Office of Education. Congress had added $453 million to the administration's budget requests. | |||||
| 1970-08-13 | Override HUD Spending Veto [HR17548] | Veto Sustained (203-195) |
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| Reconsideration of the bill, vetoed by President Nixon Aug. 11, appropriating $18 billion for Independent Offices and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Congress had added $541 million to the administration's budget request. | |||||
| 1970-11-18 | Protectionist Trade Amendments [HRES1225] | Rejected (192-201) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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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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). |