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| 1970-01-27 | No-Knock Search Warrants [S3246] | Rejected (35-50) |
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No Vote | |
| Ervin (D-NC) amendment to the Griffin (R-MI) amendment, striking the "no-knock" provision. The "no-knock" provision would authorize search warrants, under certain circumstances, allowing law enforcement officers to enter a place to be searched without first giving notice of their presence and intention. | |||||
| 1970-01-28 | Reduce Marijuana Penalties [S3246] | Rejected (24-58) |
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| Hughes (D-IA) amendment reducing further the penalties for posession or distribution of marijuana. | |||||
| 1970-02-18 | Apply School Integration Standards Nationwide [HR514] | Agreed To (56-36) |
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| Stennis (D-MS) amendment requiring equal enforcement throughout the country in dealing with de jure and de facto school segregation. Federal desegregation standards had been designed only to deal with school districts in the South, ignoring de facto segregation elsewhere. | |||||
| 1970-03-12 | Lower Federal Voting Age to 18 [HR4249] | Agreed To (64-17) |
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No Vote | |
| Mansfield (D-MT) amendment lowering to 18 the voting age for all federal, state and local elections, effective Jan. 1, 1971. This amendment was said to add approximately 11 million persons to the lists of potential voters. | |||||
| 1970-04-07 | Extend Unemployment Benefits/Tax Increase [HR14705] | Rejected (30-45) |
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| McCarthy (D-MN) amendment providing full federal financing of extended unemployment benefits during periods of high unemployment, and increasing the taxable wage base upon which the unemployment tax is imposed from $4,200 to $4,800. | |||||
| 1970-04-07 | Unemployment Benefits for Migrant Farmers [HR14705] | Agreed To (42-36) |
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| Mondale (D-MN) amendment including migrant laborers among farmworkers covered by unemployment compensation. | |||||
| 1970-04-07 | Carswell Supreme Court Nomination | Rejected (45-51) |
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| Nomination of G. Harrold Carswell as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Carswell was opposed by civil rights groups and trial lawyers. | |||||
| 1970-04-14 | Campaign Spending Limits [S3637] | Agreed To (50-35) |
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| Pastore (D-RI)-Pearson (R-KS) amendment imposing a seven-cent per vote (in the previous statewide election) limit on TV and radio spending by Presidential and Congressional candidates. This amendment, aside from limiting free speech, would greatly favor incumbents and thus protect the Democrat majorities in Congress. | |||||
| 1970-05-06 | Space Shuttle Funding [HR16516] | Rejected (29-56) |
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| Mondale (D-MN) amendment deleting $110 million for design of the space shuttle and space station. | |||||
| 1970-06-30 | Military Activities in Cambodia [HR15628] | Agreed To (58-37) |
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| Cooper (R-KY)-Church (D-ID) amendment barring funds for U.S. military operations in Cambodia after July 1, 1970, unless specifically authorized by Congress, including the retention of U.S. combat forces, advisers and air activities in direct support of Cambodia. | |||||
| 1970-07-08 | Food Stamp Program Expansion [HR17923] | Agreed To (43-28) |
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| McGovern (D-SD) amendment increasing from $1.25 billion to $1.75 billion funds for the food stamp program. | |||||
| 1970-08-12 | Safeguard ABM Funding [HR17123] | Rejected (47-52) |
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| Hart (D-MI)-Cooper (R-KY) amendment deleting $322.2 million from the bill for deployment of the Safeguard ABM system at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. The expansion of funds for the ABM plan had already been cut back prior to this amendment. | |||||
| 1970-08-24 | Subversive Activities Board Funding [HR17575] | Rejected (28-44) |
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| Proxmire (D-WI) amendment striking all funds for the Subversive Activities Control Board. | |||||
| 1970-08-25 | All-Volunteer Army [HR17123] | Rejected (35-52) |
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| Hatfield (R-OR)-Goldwater (R-AZ) amendment increasing military salaries and recommending the creation of an all-volunteer army. | |||||
| 1970-08-26 | Military Defoliants [HR17123] | Rejected (22-62) |
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| Nelson (D-WI)-Goodell (R-NY) amendment prohibiting the use of funds in the bill for the military application of defoliant chemicals. | |||||
| 1970-09-01 | Limit U.S. Troops in South Vietnam [HR17123] | Rejected (39-55) |
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| McGovern (D-SD)-Hatfield (R-OR) amendment limiting to 280,000 the maximum number of U.S. troops in Vietnam after April 30, 1971, and providing for complete withdrawal of troops by Dec. 31, 1971, but authorizing the President to delay the withdrawal for up to 60 days if he found the withdrawal would subject the troops to clear and present danger. This amendment was based on a proposal put forth by Senator Goodell (R-NY). | |||||
| 1970-09-10 | Create "Council of Social Advisers" [S5] | Passed (31-24) |
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| Passage of the bill creating a Council of Social Advisers in the Executive Office of the President and an Office of Goals and Priorities Analysis in the Congress. | |||||
| 1970-09-17 | Electoral College Abolition [SJR1] | Rejected (54-36) |
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| Mansfield (D-MT) motion to invoke cloture (cut off debate) on a constitutional amendment that would abolish the electoral college and substitute direct, popular election of Presidents. | |||||
| 1970-09-22 | Automobile Pollution Deadline Extensions [HR17255] | Rejected (22-57) |
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| Gurney (R-FL) amendment to the Dole (R-KS) amendment, eliminating the time provision from the section allowing manufacturers to seek a one-year extension of the deadline for producing 90-percent pollution-free automobiles. The Dole Amendment, later rejected by a 32-43 roll-call vote, would have permitted congressional rather than judicial review of extensions of the deadline for producing low-pollution automobiles. | |||||
| 1970-10-13 | Women's Military Exemptions [HJR264] | Agreed To (36-33) |
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No Vote | |
| Ervin (D-NC) amendment adding to the proposed constitutional amendment a provision asserting the validity of federal laws exempting women from compulsory military service. | |||||
| 1970-12-03 | Supersonic Transport Funding [HR17755] | Agreed To (52-41) |
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| Proxmire (D-WI) amendment deleting the $289.9 million in development funds for the supersonic transport. Intensive lobbying against the plane had been done by environmental groups, claiming deterioration to the environment and an intolerable noise level. | |||||
| 1970-12-28 | Social Security Tax Increase [HR17550] | Rejected (24-40) |
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| Harris (D-OK) amendment increasing the taxable wage base to $12,000 from $9,000 as provided in the bill. | |||||
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