[Congressional biography]
Born: March 28, 1914 in Rumford, ME
Died: March 26, 1996
in Washington, DC
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Date | Subject | Result | Conserv. Position | Muskie Voted | |
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1980-01-22 | SALT II Withdrawal [SRES331] | Agreed To (50-36) |
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Byrd (D-WV) motion to table (kill) the Tower (R-TX) amendment to instruct the President to withdraw from Senate consideration the U.S.-Soviet strategic arms limitation treaty (SALT II). | |||||
1980-01-29 | Aid to Latin America [S2012] | Passed (55-34) |
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Passage of the bill to provide $75 million in aid to Nicaragua and $5 million in aid to Honduras and military aid to certain Caribbean and Central American nations. | |||||
1980-03-27 | Windfall Profits Tax [HR3919] | Agreed To (66-31) |
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Adoption of the conference report on the bill setting a tax on the difference between the controlled price of domestically produced oil and its selling price after decontrol, with the oil industry expected to pay more than $227 billion in new taxes by 1990. | |||||
1980-04-15 | Trucking Deregulation [S2445] | Rejected (36-51) |
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Schmitt (R-NM) amendment to ease entry requirements for trucking firms serving small, rural communities. | |||||
1980-05-07 | Defense Funds to Domestic Programs [SCONRES86] | Agreed To (64-30) |
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Hollings (D-SC) motion to table (kill) the Nelson (D-WI) amendment to cut $2 billion from defense outlays and $400 million from interest payments and transfer the funds to domestic programs. |
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