1965 Americans for Constitutional Action Index, House

1. 21-Day Rule
Majority Leader Carl Albert (D-Okla.) motion to adopt the rules for the 89th Congress, the primary provision of contention being the “21-Day Rule”, permitting the Speaker to recognize a member to call up floor action for a bill that had been bottled up in the Rules Committee for 21 days without a rule. This served to enable Great Society legislation to get past Rep. Howard Smith’s (D-Va.) Rules Committee and to the floor for votes.
Adopted 224-202: R 16-123; D 208-79, 1/4/65.
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2. Prohibit Financing of Exports to Egypt
Rep. Robert Michel (R-Ill.) motion to instruct the conferees on the 1965 supplemental appropriation to insist on disagreement to the Senate amendment that eliminated a provision prohibiting the use of funds to finance export to Egypt of U.S. surplus farm commodities and to grant the President discretion in funding these exports.
Rejected 165-241: R 128-1; D 37-240, 2/8/65.
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3. Repeal Gold Deposit Requirement
Passage of the bill eliminating the requirement that Federal Reserve banks maintain gold certificate reserves of not less than 25% against deposit liabilities.
Passed 300-82: R 45-71; D 255-11, 2/9/65.
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4. Inter-American Development Bank
Passage of the bill authorizing the United States to increase the resources for the Fund for Special Operations of the Inter-American Development Bank by $750 million.
Passed 288-93: R 61-59; D 227-34, 2/18/65.
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5. Appalachian Regional Development Act
Passage of the bill providing $840 million for construction of 3,350 miles of roads in the Appalachian region and $252.4 million for two years, as well as other public works and economic development programs for the Appalachian region.
Passed 257-165: R 25-109; D 232-56, 3/3/65.
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6. Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Passage of the bill providing a three-year program of federal grants to school districts with large numbers of children from low-income families and providing for other forms of education aid.
Passed 263-153: R 35-96; D 228-57, 3/26/65.
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7. Social Security Act Amendments
Passage of the bill providing for a compulsory hospital insurance program for the elderly financed by a payroll tax under the Social Security Act.
Passed 313-115: R 65-73; D 248-42, 4/8/65.
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8. Defeat IMF Bill
Rep. Harold Collier (R-Ill.) motion to recommit, and thus kill, the bill authorizing an increase in the International Monetary Fund quota of the United States.
Rejected 113-275: R 97-34; D 16-241, 4/27/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
9. Amend National Arts and Cultural Development Act of 1964
Passage of the bill providing that the $150,000 appropriation for the National Council on the Arts be on an annual basis.
Passed 239-116: R 55-70; D 184-46, 4/29/65.
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10. Cut Foreign Aid and Insert Anti-Communist Requirement
Rep. E. Ross Adair (R-Ind.) motion to recommit the Foreign Assistance Act of 1965 to the Foreign Affairs Committee, with instructions to reduce funds for development loans by $130,958,000 and to require labor unions participating in Latin American housing projects to be “non-Communist dominated” and “free”.
Rejected 178-219: R 116-14; D 62-205, 5/25/65.
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11. Increase the National Debt Limit
Passage of the bill increasing the temporary debt limit to $328 billion through June 30, 1966.
Passed 229-165: R 6-122; D 223-43, 6/9/65.
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12. Housing and Urban Development Department
Passage of the bill establishing a cabinet-level Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and consolidating existing housing agencies under this department.
Passed 217-184: R 9-118; D 208-66, 6/16/65.
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13. Delete Rent Supplements
Reps. James Harvey (R-Mich.) and Paul Fino (R-N.Y.) motion to recommit the Housing and Urban Development Act to the Banking and Currency Committee with instructions deleting the rent supplement provision and home improvement grants in urban renewal areas.
Rejected 202-208: R 130-4; D 72-204, 6/30/65.
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14. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Passage of the bill suspending literacy tests or similar voter qualification devices in certain states as well as appointing federal voting examiners to register blacks in states and voting districts with low voter activity.
Passed 333-85: R 112-24; D 221-61, 7/9/65.
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15. Coinage Act of 1965
Passage of the bill providing for the minting of dimes and quarters made of a copper-nickel alloy without silver, and minting half-dollars containing 40% silver.
Passed 255-151: R 36-97; D 219-54, 7/14/65.
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16. Recommit Economic Opportunity Bill
Rep. Albert Quie (R-Minn.) motion to recommit the Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1965 to the House Education and Labor Committee, deleting a section allowing federal officials to override a state Governor’s veto of certain anti-poverty activities and cutting the 1966 appropriation of $1.9 billion to the 1965 level of $947.5 million.
Rejected 178-227: R 121-13; D 57-214, 7/22/65.
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17. Economic Opportunity Amendments of 1965
Passage of the bill authorizing appropriations of $1.9 billion for the anti-poverty program in fiscal 1966 and allowing overrides of state Governor vetoes.
Passed 245-158: R 24-110; D 221-48, 7/22/65.
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18. Kill State Right-to-Work Law Repeal
Rep. Robert Griffin (R-Mich.) motion to recommit and thus kill the bill repealing section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which permits states to adopt right-to-work laws.
Rejected 200-223: R 120-19; D 80-204, 7/28/65.
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19. Recommit the Public Works Bill
Rep. William Cramer (R-Fla.) motion to recommit the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with instructions deleting the provision for Government loans and guarantees for the purchase or development of land and facilities; provide for annual Congressional review of the economic development loan fund and require that funds for these projects be spent on American-made products.
Rejected 163-224: R 115-10; D 48-214, 8/12/65.
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20. Kill the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965
Rep. Paul Dague (R-Penn.) motion to recommit and thus kill the bill covering wheat, cotton, wool, dairy, and feed grain commodities as well as providing for a cropland retirement program.
Rejected 169-224: R 110-14; D 59-210, 8/19/65.
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21. Medical Education Aid Extension
Passage of the bill extending for three years the bill providing federal grants for construction of teaching facilities for training health personnel and loans for medical students.
Passed 340-47: R 88-38; D 252-9, 9/1/65.
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22. Kill Federal Aid to Arts and Humanities
Rep. Robert Griffin (R-Mich.) motion to recommit (kill) the bill establishing a National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, which provides federal aid to the visual and performing arts and humanities.
Rejected 128-251: R 79-44; D 49-207, 9/15/65.
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23. Adopt Western Hemisphere Anti-Communist Resolution
Adoption of the non-binding Selden (D-Ala.) Resolution, expressing the sense of the House that military intervention is authorized by one or more Western Hemisphere nations in the event of the intervention of international Communism and its agencies in the Western Hemisphere.
Adopted 312-52: R 117-3; D 195-49, 9/20/65.
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24. Kill D.C. Home Rule Bill
Rep. Alvin O’Konski (R-Wis.) motion to recommit (kill) the bill providing for election of a D.C. Charter Board and if D.C. voters favored home rule in a referendum the board draws up a charter which would be submitted to D.C. voters in another referendum and if approved would take effect in 90 days if not disapproved by either chamber of Congress.
Rejected 134-267: R 62-66; D 72-201, 9/29/65.
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25. Prohibit Aid to Nations Aiding North Vietnam
Rep. Garner Shriver (R-Kan.) motion to recommit the foreign aid appropriations bill for 1966, insisting upon the retention of a House provision prohibiting aid to nations that sold, furnished, or shipped strategic goods to North Vietnam.
Rejected 164-174: R 105-2; D 59-172, 10/1/65.
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26. Highway Beautification Act of 1965
Passage of the bill authorizing appropriations of $325 million in fiscal 1966-67 for federal-state programs removing billboards and junkyards along Interstate and primary highways and providing aid to states for landscaping and scenic development of federal-aid highways.
Passed 245-138: R 26-89; D 219-49, 10/7/65.
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27. Delete Rent Supplement Funds
Rep. James Harvey (R-Mich.) amendment to the appropriations bill deleting the $180,000 appropriation for rent supplement payments and the $6 million contract authority for new dwellings in fiscal 1966.
Accepted 185-162: R 99-2; D 86-160, 10/14/65.
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28. Delete Teacher Corps
Rep. Albert Quie (R-Minn.) motion to recommit the Higher Education Act of 1965, deleting the authorization for the Teacher Corps, in which teams of interns would be sent to help improve elementary and secondary school teaching in low-income areas.
Rejected 152-226: R 111-7; D 41-219, 10/20/65.
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1965 Americans for Constitutional Action Index, Senate

1. Substitute for Water Quality Act
Sen. John Tower (R-Tex.) amendment to the 1965 Water Quality Act, removing the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from mandating water quality standards, only permitting recommendation for standards.
Rejected 15-62: R 12-13; D 3-49, 1/28/65.
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2. Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
Passage of the bill providing $840 million for construction of 3,350 miles of roads in the Appalachian region and $252.4 million for two years, as well as other public works and economic development programs for the Appalachian region.
Passed 62-22: R 11-15; D 51-7, 2/1/65.
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3. Relax Ban on Sales to Egypt If President Determines Sales Are in the National Interest
Passed 44-38: R 6-21; D 38-17, 2/3/65.
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4. Policy on Maintenance of Gold Reserves
Sen. Frank Lausche (D-Ohio) amendment to the bill removing gold as a reserve for Federal Reserve deposits, expressing as the policy of Congress the maintenance of reserves not less than 25% gold against Federal Reserve notes, except in exceptional circumstances.
Rejected 22-58: R 18-8; D 4-50, 2/18/65.
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5. Repayment Amendment, Inter-American Development Bank Bill
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) amendment requiring any contribution of the U.S. conditioned on repayment of 50% in dollars in aggregate of loans made from such contributions.
Defeated 42-43: R 18-8; D 24-35, 2/24/65.
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6. Require U.S. to Vote Against Loans for Any Nation Expropriating U.S. Businesses Without Compensation
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) amendment requiring the U.S. to vote against loans for nations expropriating U.S. businesses without adequate compensation.
Passed 60-22: R 21-4; D 39-18, 2/25/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
7. Limit Funds for Inter-American Development Bank
Sen. Frank Lausche (D-Ohio) amendment limiting the increased U.S. contribution to $400 million.
Rejected 37-44: R 18-7; D 19-37, 2/25/65.
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8. Manpower Act of 1965
Passage of the bill providing for federal job training programs.
Passed 76-8: R 24-4; D 52-4, 3/16/65.
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9. Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Passage of the bill providing for a 3-year program providing federal education grants to states for allocations to school districts with large numbers of poor families.
Passed 73-18: R 18-14; D 55-4, 4/9/65.
Yea = -, Nay = +
10. Poll Tax Ban – Voting Rights Act of 1965
Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) amendment providing for a ban on local and state poll taxes.
Rejected 45-49: R 6-25; D 39-24, 5/11/65.
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11. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Passage of the bill suspending literacy tests or similar voter qualification devices in certain states as well as appointing federal voting examiners to register blacks in states and voting districts with low voter activity.
Passed 77-19: R 30-2; D 47-17, 5/26/65.
Yea = -, Nay = +
12. Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
Passage of the public works bill providing for Government loans and guarantees for the purchase or development of land and facilities.
Passed 71-12: R 17-9; D 54-3, 6/1/65.
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13. Delete Increased Multilateral Lending From Foreign Assistance Bill
Sen. Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) amendment, striking language increasing multilateral lending through international lending organizations.
Defeated 40-46: R 16-11; D 24-35, 6/10/65.
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14. Limit Foreign Aid Spending
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) amendment, limiting to $3,243,000 million the foreign aid bill, translating to a $200 million cut.
Adopted 40-35: R 16-10; D 24-25, 6/11/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
15. Bar Assistance to Nations Extending Fishing Area Beyond Recognized By the United States
Sen. Thomas Kuchel (R-Calif.) amendment, prohibiting assistance to nations extending their fishing area beyond what is recognized by the United States.
Adopted 59-24: R 26-2; D 33-22, 6/14/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
16. Debt Limit Increase
Passage of the bill increasing the temporary debt limit to $328 billion through June 30, 1966.
Passed 61-26: R 12-16; D 49-10, 6/16/65.
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17. Strike Medicare Provisions Part A and B
Sen. Carl Curtis (R-Neb.) amendment striking from the bill Medicare Parts A and B.
Defeated 26-64: R 18-11; D 8-53, 7/9/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
18. Social Security Act Amendments
Passage of the bill providing for a compulsory hospital insurance program for the elderly financed by a payroll tax under the Social Security Act.
Passed 68-21: R 13-14; D 55-7, 7/9/65.
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14. Strike Rent Supplements
Sen. John Tower (R-Tex.) amendment striking rent supplements for the disadvantaged.
Defeated 40-47: R 24-5; D 16-42, 7/15/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
20. Housing and Urban Development of 1965
Passage of the bill expanding federal housing programs
Passed 54-30: R 7-19; D 47-11, 7/15/65.
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21. D.C. Charter Act
Passage of the D.C. Charter Act establishing the D.C. Charter Board and if D.C. voters favored home rule in a referendum the board draws up a charter which would be submitted to D.C. voters in another referendum and if approved would take effect in 90 days if not disapproved by either chamber of Congress.
Passed 63-29: R 16-14; D 47-15, 7/22/65.
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22. Reapportionment Amendment
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) proposed an amendment to the U.S. Constitution permitting state legislatures to consider factors other than population for legislative apportionment.
Defeated 57-39: R 29-3; D 28-36, 8/4/65.
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23. Establish Department of Housing and Community Development
Passage of the bill establishing the Department of Housing and Community Development.
Passed 57-33: R 10-19; D 47-14, 8/11/65.
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24. Cut Funding for Economic Opportunity Act Amendments
Sen. Peter Dominick (R-Colo.) amendment reducing spending on the Economic Opportunity Act from $1,650,000 to $1,097,500.
Defeated 40-51: R 27-4; D 13-47, 8/17/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
25. Economic Opportunity Act Amendments
Passage of the bill authorizing appropriations of $1.9 billion for the anti-poverty program in fiscal 1966 and allowing overrides of state Governor vetoes.
Passed 61-29: R 9-20; D 52-9, 8/19/65.
Yea = -, Nay = +
26. Block Federal Control of Fraternities and Sororities in Higher Education Bill
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) amendment barring federal control of private fraternities, sororities, etc. in colleges and universities.
Adopted 60-28: R 27-2; D 33-26, 9/2/65.
Yea = +, Nay = –
27. Food and Agriculture Act
Passage of the bill for a four-year commodity program for wheat, cotton, wool, dairy, and feed grains as well as providing for a cropland retirement program.
Passed 72-22: R 16-14; D 56-8, 9/14/65.
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28. Allow for Erection of Billboards If Agreed Upon by States and the Secretary of Commerce
Adopted 44-40: R 1-22; D 43-18, 9/16/65.
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29. Federal Highway Beautification Act
Passage of the bill authorizing appropriations of $325 million in fiscal 1966-67 for federal-state programs removing billboards and junkyards along Interstate and primary highways and providing aid to states for landscaping and scenic development of federal-aid highways.
Passed 63-14: D 46-6; R 17-8, 9/16/65.
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1966 Americans for Constitutional Action Index, House

1. Asian Development Bank Act
Passage of the bill authorizing the President to accept membership for the United States in the Asian Development Bank and authorizing $200 million for the subscription.
Passed 293-80: R 72-42; D 221-38, 2/9/66.
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2. Recommit Foreign Aid Appropriations
Rep. Ed Derwinski (R-Ill.) motion to recommit the fiscal 1966 foreign aid appropriations to the House Foreign Affairs Committee with instructions to earmark the funding as follows: $275 million for Vietnam, $7.5 million for Laos, $7.5 million for Thailand, and $25 million for the Dominican Republic.
Rejected 169-213: R 117-13; D 52-200, 2/24/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
3. Cotton Research and Promotion
Passage of the bill providing for a referendum to be held on a $1 a bale assessment on cotton farmers (refunded upon request) with funds being used for cotton research and promotion programs.
Passed 189-183: R 23-100; D 166-83, 3/3/66.
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4. 5% Budget Cut, Interior Department Appropriations
Rep. Frank Bow (R-Ohio) motion to recommit the Interior Department appropriations, limiting expenditures to 95% of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 Budget.
Rejected 157-233: R 127-6; D 30-227, 4/6/66.
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5. 5% Budget Cut, Treasury-Post Office Appropriations
Rep. Frank Bow (R-Ohio) motion to recommit the bill with instructions limiting expenditures to 95% of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 Budget.
Rejected 127-244: R 111-14; D 16-230, 4/6/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
6. Grand Coulee Dam Power Plant
Passage of the bill authorizing $390 million for construction of a third power plant at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River in Washington.
Passed 249-79: R 38-74; D 211-5, 4/19/66.
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7. Prohibit Food for Peace Funds for Trading Partners with North Vietnam
Rep. Paul Findley (R-Ill.) motion to recommit the agricultural appropriations bill with instructions to prohibit the sale of agricultural commodities under the Food for Peace program to nations trading with North Vietnam or permitting ships or airplanes of their registry to transport goods to Communist North Vietnam.
Adopted 290-98: R 132-0; D 158-98, 4/26/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
8. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Passage of the bill permitting the EEOC to issue cease and desist orders against discriminatory practices in employment and accelerating coverage of employers and unions by existing nondiscriminatory hiring and union membership requirements.
Passed 300-93: R 98-32; D 202-61, 4/27/66.
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9. 5% Cut, Labor-HEW Appropriations
Rep. Frank Bow (R-Ohio) motion to recommit the Labor-HEW appropriations, limiting expenditures for agencies and programs funded to 95% of total expenditures estimated in the fiscal 1967 Budget.
Rejected 143-236: R 108-20; D 35-216, 5/5/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
10. Increase Rent Supplements
Rep. Edward Boland (D-Mass.) amendment providing $20 million in rent supplement contractual authority (in addition to the $12 million already existing) and $2 million for payments in fiscal 1967.
Accepted 192-188: R 6-119; D 186-69, 5/10/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
11. Participation Sales Act of 1966
Passage of the bill authorizing the Government to sell participations in pools of assets acquired by federal agencies in various lending programs.
Passed 206-190: R 0-126; D 206-64, 5/18/66.
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12. Limit Application of Fair Labor Standards Act on Retail Establishments
Rep. John Anderson (R-Ill.) amendment deleting language extending minimum wage coverage in 1969 to certain retail and service establishments with gross sales or business of $50,000 or more (leaving a sales volume cutoff of $500,000 after its reduction to that level from the existing $1 million in 1967).
Rejected 195-200: R 111-14; D 84-186, 5/26/66.
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13. Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1966
Passage of the bill increasing the federal minimum wage for non-farm workers in stages from $1.25 to $1.60 an hour to become fully effective by Feb. 1, 1969 for presently covered workers and by Feb. 1, 1971, for non-farm workers previously exempt.
Passed 303-93: R 89-38; D 214-55, 5/26/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
14. International Education Act of 1966
Passage of the bill providing financial aid for international studies at U.S. colleges and universities.
Passed 195-90: R 45-53; D 150-37, 6/6/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
15. Raise the Debt Limit
Passage of the bill increasing the temporary debt limit from $328 to $330 billion and extend it for one year.
Passed 199-165: R 1-121; D 198-44, 6/8/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
16. Increase Repayment Period Under the Food for Freedom Act
Adoption of the Agriculture Committee amendment increasing maximum repayment period for long-term dollar credit sales under Title I from 20 to 40 years.
Accepted 193-165: R 2-121; D 191-44, 6/9/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
17. Anti-Communist Amendment to Food for Freedom Act
Rep. Prentiss Walker (R-Miss.) motion to recommit the Food for Freedom Act of 1966, ban dollar (and local currency) sales to all Communist countries (aimed at Poland and Yugoslavia) and to prohibit Government resale of commodities at less than 115% of the current price-support level or less than 80% of parity, whichever was higher, whenever carryover was less than 50% (rather than 25).
Rejected 157-200: R 118-6; D 39-194, 6/9/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
18. Consumer Credit Controls
Adoption of the House Banking and Currency Committee amendment adding language providing the President with standby authority to issue regulations to control the extension of consumer credit.
Rejected 73-275: R 2-113; D 71-162, 6/16/66.
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19. Cut Foreign Aid
Rep. E. Ross Adair (R-Ind.) motion to recommit the Foreign Assistance Act amendments with instructions to shorten the two-year authorizations to one year with the exception of the Alliance for Progress and the Development Loan Fund and to reduce the Loan Fund authorization from $1 billion to $750 million annually.
Rejected 191-193: R 121-4; D 70-189, 7/14/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
20. Passage of the Foreign Assistance Act Amendments
Passage of the bill authorizing foreign aid appropriations of $4,109,119,000 in fiscal 1967 and $1,158,339,000 in fiscal 1968 for economic and military assistance as well as five-year authorizations for the Alliance for Progress and the Development Loan Fund.
Passed 237-146: R 36-89; D 201-57, 7/14/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
21. Conference Report of the Small Reclamation Projects Act Amendments
Adoption of the conference report increasing authorizations for the small reclamation projects program from $100 million to $200 million, extending the program to all 50 states (instead of just 17 Western reclamation states), raising the limit on federal aid to a single project from $5 million to $6.5 million, and setting a new interest rate for program loans.
Rejected 136-204: R 43-76; D 93-128, 7/21/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
22. Delete Open Housing Title of Civil Rights Act of 1966
Rep. Arch Moore (R-W.V.) motion to recommit the Civil Rights Act of 1966, deleting Title IV, the open housing title.
Rejected 190-222: R 86-50; D 104-172, 8/9/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
23. Civil Rights Act of 1966
Passage of the bill barring discrimination in the selection of federal and state juries, to provide for injunctive relief against and punishment for interference with the exercise of rights, and to bar discrimination in the sale or rental of some housing and to authorize suits to desegregate public facilities.
Passed 259-157: R 76-62; D 183-95, 8/9/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
24. Delete Highway Beautification Funds in Highway Authorization
Minority Leader Gerald Ford (R-Mich.) motion to recommit the bill with instructions to delete $493 million in fiscal 1968-69 appropriations for highway beautification.
Rejected 173-175: R 114-4; D 59-171, 8/11/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
25. Cut Funds for Mass Transit
Rep. Burt Talcott (R-Calif.) motion to recommit the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1966 to the Banking and Currency Committee with instructions to reduce the authorization for appropriations from $175 million to $150 million for fiscal 1968 and to extend the program for one year instead of indefinitely.
Adopted 205-161: R 113-12; D 92-149, 8/16/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
26. Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1966
Passage of the bill extending the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for one year, authorizing appropriations for $150 million for fiscal 1968, and increasing the limit on what may be spend on research, development, and demonstration projects.
Passed 236-127: R 59-66; D 177-61, 8/16/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
27. 10% Cut, Foreign Aid Appropriations
Rep. Frank Bow (R-Ohio) motion to recommit the Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal 1967 with instructions to limit appropriations for economic assistance to $2,222,065,800, constituting a 10% reduction in economic aid below Budget requests.
Adopted 186-183: R 116-8; D 70-175, 9/20/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –

1966 Americans for Constitutional Action Index, Senate

1. Defeat Allowing Small Business Administration to Sell Participations
Sen. Leverett Saltonstall (R-Mass.) motion to recommit (kill) the bill permitting the Small Business Administration to enter into a trust agreement with the Federal National Mortgage Association for the sale of SBA participation certificates.
Rejected 26-51: R 26-0; D 0-51, 3/15/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
2. Reapportionment Constitutional Amendment
Adoption of an amendment to the United States Constitution permitting states to reapportion one legislature on the basis of population, geography, and political subdivisions.
Rejected 55-38: R 29-3; D 26-35, 4/20/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
3. Rural Development Districts
Passage of the bill authorizing the establishment of rural community development districts to be designated by states or local governments for the purpose of area-wide planning and authorize federal grants to help pay the costs of planning activities in the districts.
Passed 43-21: R 5-19; D 38-2, 4/25/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
4. Delete Rent Supplement Funds
Adopt Senate Appropriations Committee amendment deleting the section of the bill authorizing $12 million in contractual authority for rent supplements and appropriating $100,000 for rent supplement payments in fiscal 1966.
Rejected 45-46: R 26-5; D 19-41, 4/27/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
5. Participation Sales Act of 1966
Passage of the bill authorizing the Government to sell to investors participations in pools of loans held by six federal lending agencies.
Passed 39-22: R 5-20; D 34-2, 5/5/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
6. Limit Price Supports to $10,000
Sen. John Williams (R-Del.) amendment limiting to $10,000 the amount any producer covered by the bill could receive support and acreage diversion payments.
Accepted 42-27: R 21-5; D 21-22, 6/1/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
7. Weaken Fair Packaging and Labeling Bill
Sen. Norris Cotton (R-N.H.) amendment, deleting sections authorizing federal officials to establish standard weights and quantities for the packaging of commodities covered by the bill.
Rejected 32-53: R 25-4; D 7-49, 6/8/66.
Yea = +, Nay = –
8. Cotton Research and Promotion
Passage of the bill providing for a referendum to be held on a $1 a bale assessment on cotton farmers (refunded upon request) with funds being used for cotton research and promotion programs.
Passed 49-20: R 11-12; D 38-8, 6/15/66.
Yea = -, Nay = +
9. Raise the Debt Limit
Passage of the bill raising the temporary debt limit from $328 billion to $330 billion and extending it for one year.
Passed 50-17: R 10-9; D 40-8, 6/16/66.
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10. State, Not Federal Mine Safety Inspection
Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) amendment providing that states be placed in charge of mine inspection and enforcement of safety standards.
Accepted 41-39: R 27-0; D 14-39, 6/23/66.
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11. No Recruitment of Unemployed and Underemployed for Manpower
Sen. Peter Dominick (R-Colo.) amendment deleting language authorizing recruitment of the unemployed and underemployed or of manpower to meet national security needs.
Rejected 31-58: R 26-5; D 5-53, 6/28/66.
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12. Prohibit Setting Standards for Payment of State Employees
Sen. Winston Prouty (R-Vt.) amendment deleting language directing the Secretary of Labor to set standards for personnel systems and salary scales in state employment agencies.
Adopted 47-42: R 28-2; D 19-40, 6/29/66.
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13. Table Prohibition on Solicitations of Contributions from Civil Service Employees
Sen. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.) motion to table the Williams (R-Del.) amendment prohibiting representatives of political committees from soliciting contributions from civil service employees.
Adopted 48-33: R 0-28; D 48-5, 7/11/66.
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14. Establish Summer Lunch Program for Day Camps
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) amendment establishing a summer lunch program for day camps and similar activities.
Rejected 37-42: R 3-26; D 34-16, 7/12/66.
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15. Place $50,000 Ceiling on Price Supports
Sen. Daniel Brewster (D-Md.) amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations bill, placing a $50,000 ceiling on the amount of price support loans and direct payments a producer could receive under the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965.
Rejected 28-53: R 10-16; D 18-37, 7/15/66.
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16. Cut Development Loan Fund
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act, reducing by $250 million the 1967 authorization for the Development Loan Fund, from $620 million to $370 million.
Accepted 59-34: R 28-3; D 31-31, 7/20/66.
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17. Byrd Resolution
Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. (D-Va.) amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act, stating the sense of Congress that the action of any government giving approval and financial backing to an arrangement in which an international consortium in West Europe would supply steel plants to Communist China was “a grave blow to the common defense of the free world and the safety of American and allied troops in Viet Nam.” This amendment was directed at West Germany.
Accepted 56-33: R 21-8; D 35-25, 7/26/66.
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18. Foreign Assistance Act of 1966
Passage of the bill to authorize $2,059,762,000 for foreign economic assistance during fiscal 1967 and to further amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Passed 66-27: R 18-12; D 48-15, 7/26/66.
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19. Federal Financing for New Unemployment Benefits Program
Committee amendment providing full federal financing instead of joint federal-state funding for a new program of extended unemployment compensation benefits available during periods of national or state recession.
Accepted 47-39: R 5-23; D 42-16, 8/8/66.
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20. Minimum Federal Standards for Unemployment Applied to States
Passage of the bill requiring states to provide a minimum of 26 weeks of unemployment compensation coverage for workers who had been employed 39 weeks or more.
Passed 53-31: R 8-20; D 45-11, 8/8/66.
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21. Fund Community Development Training Programs
Sen. Joseph Clark (D-Penn.) amendment providing $5,150,000 for community development training programs under the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Rejected 40-45: R 7-22; D 33-23, 8/10/66.
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22. Cut Funding for Urban Mass Transit Programs
Sen. John Tower (R-Tex.) amendment to reduce funds for urban mass transit programs by $75 million a year, from $225 million to $150 million for each of the fiscal years 1968 and 1969.
Accepted 47-34: R 27-4; D 20-30, 8/15/66.
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23. Urban Mass Transportation Act Extension
Passage of the bill extending the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 for two years through fiscal 1969, authorizing appropriations of $150 million for each of the fiscal years 1968 and 1969; increasing limit on the amount which may be spent on research, development and demonstration projects; and authorizing new grant programs for training of mass transit personnel and for planning and design of new facilities.
Passed 65-18: R 17-14; D 48-4, 8/15/66.
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24. Delete Demonstration City Project Funding
Sen. John Tower (R-Tex.) amendment deleting the bill’s authorization for $900 million in grants to “demonstration city” projects for fiscal 1968 and 1969 (leaving only $24 million in planning funds).
Rejected 27-53: R 17-10; D 10-43, 8/19/66.
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25. Demonstration City Bill
Passage of the bill authorizing “demonstration city” grants for community renewal, “incentive” planning grants for orderly metropolitan development and other programs relating to housing and urban development.
Passed 53-22: R 14-13; D 39-9, 8/19/66.
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26. Retail Sales Amendment to Fair Labor Standards Bill
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) amendment eliminating the bill’s second step sales volume cutoff, effective in 1969, which extended minimum wage and overtime pay protection to workers in certain retail and service firms with gross annual sales or business of $250,000 or more, instead keeping it at $500,000.
Rejected 41-41: R 20-7; D 21-34, 8/26/66.
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27. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1966
Passage of the bill increasing the federal minimum age for nonfarm workers in stages from $1.25 to $1.60 an hour, to become fully effective by Feb. 1, 1968, for presently covered workers, and by Feb. 1, 1971, for nonfarm workers brought under coverage for the first time by the bill; extend minimum wage coverage to an additional 7 million employees not previously covered; and establish a minimum wage of $1 an hour for newly covered farm workers, to be increased in steps to $1.30 by Feb. 1., 1969.
Passed 57-17: R 15-9; D 42-8, 8/26/66.
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28. Require Bartering for Food for Strategic Materials
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.) amendment requiring the United States to barter food for strategic materials instead of selling the food in the case of any country having strategic materials needed by the United States.
Rejected 19-55: R 9-11; D 10-44, 8/30/66.
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29. School Prayer Amendment
Passage of the bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution to permit voluntary prayer in public schools.
Rejected 49-37: R 27-3; D 22-34, 9/21/66.
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Below are links to how the legislators scored, these are a bit modified as they count pairs for and against legislation.

1965 House

1965 Senate

1966 House

1966 Senate