| Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Ellender Voted | |
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| 1972-06-27 | OSHA Inspections [HR15417] | Rejected (41-44) |
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| Curtis (R-NE) amendment prohibiting use of funds in the bill for inspecting firms employing 25 or fewer persons for compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. | |||||
| 1972-07-20 | Minimum Wage [S1861] | Rejected (46-47) |
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No Vote | |
| Taft (R-OH) amendment in the nature of a substitute bill as amended - Raise the minimum wage for non-agricultural employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 prior to its amendment in 1966 to $1.80 an hour in 1972 and $2 an hour in 1973, from the existing level of $1.60; increase the hourly wage floor for workers covered by the 1966 and 1972 amendments to $1.70 in 1972, $1.80 in 1973 and $2 in 1974; raise the minimum wage for agricultural workers covered under the act to $1.50 in 1972 and $1.70 in 1973, from $1.30. This bill would reduce the amount and coverage of the minimum wage increase. | |||||
| 1972-08-10 | Voter Registration Funding [S3307] | Rejected (40-45) |
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No Vote | |
| Kennedy (D-MA) amendment adding a new section entitled "Voter Registration Act of 1972". This amendment was added without committee hearings and would authorize the federal government to fund voter registration in the states. | |||||
| 1972-08-10 | Labor / HEW Funding [HR15417] | Failed (38-47) |
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No Vote | |
| Roth (R-DE) motion to table (kill) the conference report on a bill appropriating $30,538,919,500 for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and related agencies for fiscal 1973. | |||||
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