[Congressional biography]
Born: July 9, 1902 in Nicholasville, KY
Died: September 24, 1971
in Lexington, KY
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1971-04-07 | Education Spending [HR7016] | Rejected (188-191) |
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Hathaway (D-ME) amendment adding $728.6 million for education programs to the federal education budget. | |||||
1971-06-16 | Discontinue ABM Funding [HR8687] | Rejected (129-267) |
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Leggett (D-CA) amendment limiting Anti-Ballistic Missile funding to that needed for completion of sites at Grand Forks, N.D. and Malmstrom, Mont., and cutting funds by $102 million. | |||||
1971-06-16 | B-1 Bomber [HR8687] | Rejected (97-307) |
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Pike (D-NY) amendment striking $370.2 million for the B-1 long-range bomber. | |||||
1971-06-22 | Delete Family Assistance Plan [HR1] | Failed (187-234) |
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Ullman (D-OR) motion to delete Title IV, the Family Assistance Plan provisions, from HR 1. | |||||
1971-06-22 | Increase Spending [HR1] | Passed (288-132) |
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Passage of the bill increasing Social Security benefits and Medicare and Medicaid assistance programs for the needy aged, blind and disabled and establishing a national Family Assistance Program for incapacitated or unemployable adults. | |||||
1971-08-05 | Aid to Foreign Enemies [S581] | Agreed To (219-140) |
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Adoption of the conference report on the bill expanding Export-Import Bank receipts and disbursements from the federal budget and repealing the ban on assistance to nations that give aid to countries in armed conflict with the United States. |
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