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| 1974-02-19 | Energy Rationing [S2589] | Agreed To (67-32) |
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| Adoption of the conference report on the bill to grant the President authority to impose gasoline rationing and other conservation measures, and to ease clean air standards and to direct him to reduce and control the price of domestic crude oil that had been exempted from controls by law or by the Cost of Living Council. | |||||
| 1974-03-13 | Death Penalty [S1401] | Passed (54-33) |
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| Passage of the bill to establish new standards and procedures for the imposition of the death penalty. This bill would apply the death penalty in cases of murder, treason and espionage. | |||||
| 1974-05-01 | Wage and Price Controls [S2986] | Agreed To (49-43) |
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| Tower (R-TX) motion to table, and thus kill, the bill authorizing fiscal 1975-1976 appropriations for the Council on International Economic Policy. This bill would have extended the President's authority to impose wage-price controls. | |||||
| 1974-05-15 | School Busing [S1539] | Agreed To (47-46) |
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| Javits (R-NY) motion to table, and thus kill, the Gurney (R-FL) amendment to ban busing for desegregation purposes to any but the school closest or next closest to student's home and to allow reopening of school desegregation orders to modify them. | |||||
| 1974-06-11 | Aid to South Vietnam [S3000] | Rejected (45-46) |
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| Kennedy (D-MA)-Cranston (D-CA) amendment to reduce from $900 million to $750 million the ceiling on military aid for South Vietnam. | |||||
| 1974-07-17 | Union Secret Ballots [S1566] | Agreed To (66-32) |
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| Inouye (D-HI) motion to table, and thus kill, the Griffin (R-MI) amendment to require that a secret ballot of union members be taken to determine if the union were to strike and to provide for additional secret ballots at reasonable intervals on whether the union should accept the latest employer settlement offer. | |||||
| 1974-07-18 | Legal Services Corporation [HR7824] | Agreed To (77-19) |
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| Nelson (D-WI) motion that the Senate agree to House amendments to Senate amendments to the original House version of the bill to establish an independent legal services corporation for the poor. This established a new tax-supported law bureaucracy without sufficient safeguards against the promotion of radical social reforms. | |||||
| 1974-07-22 | Striker Food Stamps [HR15472] | Rejected (35-52) |
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| Helms (R-NC) amendment to make households of striking workers ineligible for food stamps unless the familiy qualified for the program before the strike started. | |||||
| 1974-09-11 | Mandatory Seatbelt Usage [S3934] | Agreed To (64-21) |
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| Buckley (C-NY) amendment to make the auto seat belt interlock system optional rather than mandatory. | |||||
| 1974-09-17 | OSHA Exemptions [HR15580] | Agreed To (60-29) |
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| Senate Appropriations Committee amendment to delete a House-passed amendment to exempt businesses with 25 or fewer employees from compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. | |||||
| 1974-09-19 | Consumer Protection Agency [S707] | Agreed To (64-34) |
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| Ribicoff (D-CT) motion to invoke cloture (cut off debate) on the bill to establish an independent agency to represent consumers before other federal agencies and courts. This is a federal operation to "protect" consumers from themselves which would take the place of private, state and local efforts in this field. | |||||
| 1974-10-08 | Campaign Reform [S3044] | Agreed To (60-16) |
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| Adoption of the conference report on the bill to establish contribution and spending limits for federal election campaigns and to provide for the public financing of presidential elections. The bill forces taxpayers to support candidates regardless of their individual preference. | |||||
| 1974-12-10 | Rockefeller Confirmation | Confirmed (90-7) |
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| Senate approval, as provided for by the 25th amendment, of President Ford's nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York to be Vice-President. | |||||
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Indicates that this member voted against the conservative position on a particular vote.
"No vote" means that this member did not cast a vote (or voted 'Present' instead of Yes or No). |