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Robert Stafford

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1913 in Rutland, VT
Died: December 23, 2006 in Rutland, VT

Education:

  • Attended University of Michigan Law School
  • Boston University Law School, 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946, 1951-1953
  • U.S. Navy Reserve

Career:

  • Rutland County prosecutor, 1938-1942
  • VT state's attorney for Rutland County, 1947-1951
  • VT deputy Attorney General, 1953-1955

Elected Office:

  • VT Attorney General, 1955-1957
  • VT Lt. Governor, 1957-1959
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on September 16, 1971 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Winston Prouty



Key Senate Vote Data for Robert Stafford in 1971


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


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position
Stafford
Voted
1971-09-23 Cut Defense Spending [HR8687] Rejected
(26-58)
McGovern (D-SD) amendment requesting the President to submit to Congress an alternate defense budget for fiscal 1973 based on a hypothetical $60 billion ceiling, with accompanying report making recommendations for congressional action on programs to stimulate defense conversion planning as a consequence of declining defense expenditures. The administration's budget had requested $79 billion in defense expenditures.

1971-09-30 Indochina Withdrawal [HR8687] Agreed To
(57-38)
Mansfield (D-MT) amendment declaring it the policy of the United States that a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Indochina would be completed within six months after enactment of the bill, with the withdrawal to be dependent only on the release of U.S. prisoners of war by North Vietnam and North Vietnamese allies.

1971-10-05 Missile Accuracy Study [HR8687] Rejected
(17-66)
Buckley (C-NY) amendment authorizing $5 million to conduct preliminary studies directed toward the moderization and improved accuracy of the Minuteman III missile force.

1971-10-06 Rhodesian Chrome [HR8687] Rejected
(38-44)
Fulbright (D-AR) amendment giving the President discretionary power in removing import restrictions on chromium ore from Rhodesia. The Senate committee version of the bill lifted all Rhodesian import restrictions in violation of a 1966 U.S.-supported United Nations embargo.

1971-10-28 Defending Taiwan [HR9910] Agreed To
(43-40)
Brock (R-TN) amendment deleting a provision repealing the 1955 Formosa Resolution as of April 15, 1972. Adoption of this amendment would assure the continued U.S. defense of Nationalist China.

1971-10-28 Limit Indochina Funding [HR9910] Failed
(44-48)
Fulbright (D-AR) motion to reconsider the vote by which the Scott amendment deleting the Cooper-Church provision was adopted. The Cooper-Church provision would have barred the spending of U.S. funds in Indochina for any purposes other than unilateral withdrawal. A "no" vote on the Fulbright motion would kill the Cooper-Church provision.

1971-10-28 U.N. Contributions [HR9910] Rejected
(28-55)
Buckley (C-NY) amendment deleting $101,500,000 for contributions to international agencies and prohibiting such contributions to the U.N. Development Fund or the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization food program without specific authorization by Congress.

1971-11-22 Election Financing [HR10947] Agreed To
(52-47)
Pastore (D-RI) amendment (Title X) to allow each taxpayer to designate $1 of his annual tax payment for a contribution to the campaign of an eligible presidential candidate or to a public campaign fund to be shared by eligible candidates.

1971-12-10 OEO Veto Override [S2007] Veto Sustained
(51-36)
An attempt to override the President's Dec. 9 veto of the bill extending the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) for two years through fiscal 1974, authorizing $6.3 billion for OEO programs, establishing a comprehensive child development program and creating a National Legal Services Corporation.



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