| Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Pettis Voted | |
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| 1975-01-14 | Abolish Internal Security Committee [HRES5] | Agreed To (247-172) |
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| O'Neill (D-MA) motion to order the previous question (and thus end further debate and the possibility of amendment) on the House rules proposed by the Democratic caucus at its meetings in early December 1974 and mid January 1975. The effect of the motion was to prevent the Republicans from trying to amend the rules. The new rules abolished the House Committee on Internal Security, eliminating its investigation of extremist groups or terrorist activities in the United States. A "no" vote on the O'Neill motion would allow for changes to the rules, the necessary action to re-establish an Internal Security Committee. | |||||
| 1975-09-25 | Rhodesian Chrome Imports [HR1287] | Defeated (187-209) |
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No Vote | |
| Passage of the bill to amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and bring the United States into compliance with the U.N.-sponsored economic boycott of Rhodesia, thus halting the further importation of Rhodesian chrome. This would have forced the U.S. to import a higher-priced and inferior grade of chrome from the Soviet Union. | |||||
| 1975-10-07 | Panama Canal Control [HR8121] | Agreed To (212-201) |
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No Vote | |
| Slack (D-WV) motion that the House recede from its disagreement to a Senate amendment to the bill that had deleted a House provision barring the use of funds for negotiating the transfer to Panama of any U.S. rights in the Canal Zone. The Slack motion said it was the sense of Congress that any new treaty must protect U.S. control of the Panama Canal, but this is not legally binding. | |||||
| 1975-10-21 | Hatch Act Repeal [HR8617] | Passed (288-119) |
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No Vote | |
| Passage of the bill to give federal employees the right to participate in partisan political campaigns and to run for local, state or federal office. The bill would allow federal employees to run for political office while on public payroll and engage in other political activites, thus bringing about greater politicization of the federal bureaucracy and increasing the influence of federal and postal union bosses over Congress and government. | |||||
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