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William Fitts Ryan

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1922 in Albion, NY
Died: September 17, 1972 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Princeton University, 1947
  • Columbia University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant New York County district attorney, 1950-1961


Key House Vote Data for William Fitts Ryan in 1972


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


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DateSubjectResultConserv.
Position		Ryan
Voted
1972-08-10 Rhodesian Chrome Imports [HR16029] Agreed To
(253-140)
Dent (D-PA) amendment deleting a provision forbidding the implementation of an existing law forbidding the President to ban importation of strategic material from a non-Communist nation if the same material were imported from a Communist nation unless the President determined that implementation of the law was in the national interest. A "yes" vote on this amendment would permit the importation of Rhodesian chrome.
1972-08-16 Labor/HEW Appropriations Veto [HR15417] Veto Sustained
(203-171)		 No Vote
Reconsideration and passage of the bill, vetoed by the President Aug. 16, appropriating $30,538,919,500 for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and related agencies for fiscal 1973.
1972-08-17 Reopen Desegregation Cases [HR13915] Agreed To
(245-141)		 No Vote
Green (D-OR) amendment permitting the reopening of cases involving court desegregation orders to bring them into conformity with the provisions of the bill.
1972-08-18 SALT Agreement [HJR1227] Agreed To
(330-7)		 No Vote
Resolution authorizing the President to approve the interim agreement limiting offensive nuclear weapons between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was signed May 26, 1972, in Moscow by President Nixon and Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev.
1972-09-14 Indochina War Funding [HR16593] Rejected
(160-208)		 No Vote
Addabbo (D-NY) amendment calling for a cutoff of all funds appropriated in the bill to support U.S. involvement in Indochina. The fund cutoff would take place four months after enactment of the bill pending the release of U.S. prisoners of war and an accounting for those missing in action.


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