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EDITORIAL RESEARCH REPORTS WASHINGTON R. M. BOECKE1. wv-n January 20, 19^9 Dear Lowell: Her ^ ! • the ccTipill --it ion . Lore a t - tention has been given to recent than to e a r l i e r votes. I believe a l l r o l l cells that decided major questions in controversy in relation to aporopriat ions and authorizations are covered.. In some cases "tfhere votes are given on amendments to the b i l l you ^ i l l see that there Is no record ^of a final vote on the b i l l itself. This means that the b i l l was passed without a r o l l .call, as Ls often done in the Senate after points of controversy have been s e t t l e d . Byrd has cast a lot of other interesting votes, but t h i s summary has been confined in the main to those toughing on appropriations. ;/e have ad- ditional d e t a i l s on a l l these vot*s, if you want i t . T • JOIIE : . D DC E . Byrd on Appropriation Sill-, - 19i^-19o8 1933 rch 1 5 : jconomy £ct reft 3 0 ; ^ 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 r e l i e f b i l l r i l 3 8 : Bonus amendment t o ferm b i l l V " Yea \. r e c o r d ^ itf;. V Feb..8 ; 11,000,000,000 f o r 0 .' . . . fcnnounced :. 51; F u l l r e s t o r a t i o n of governmrent p&] «y ltolnffia cut* on July 1 , 1334 I . 3 6 ; 9 0/D r e s t o r a t i o n of ~>$anish Jar pensions vy Feb. 3 7 ; SteiiPeqr-4ffc€arra33 compromise on c u t t in ay 1 v e t 3r a n s J>e n e f i t • F e b . 3 7 : C o n t i n u e p a y c u t f o r members of C o n g r e s s Yea F e b . ' , 3 7 : I m m e d i a t e payment o f b t u t i s .-ay r ch 6 ; V i n s o n n a ve 1 b i 11 YG a T *°rch38; Override Ind.•••- nt Offices bill veto against ay 1935; reft 8 : J400,000,000 army b i l l Kot recorded r chl 3 ; ?r eva i l ing r' a g 9 a are n d me nt , ay Harcft 19rCut worft r e l i e f approprlatiot] t o '3,580,000,000 Yea v ttisrrcft 21 r Rrssag? of work r e l i e f b i l l Nay sy 7 ; Fatman bonus b i l l Kay y : Override bonus b i l l v - t o Nay Kj 3 4 : £460,000,000 n^avy b i l l Yea Jun 8 34; Ba nfchee d fa r m t e na nt b i 11 -3y 1906 J a n . 3 0 : Bonus b i l l Jan 3 7 : Override bonus b i l l veto 1'ar. 1 7 : ;'*1::,000,000 for F l o r i d a ship canal r, 3C; KiXitary appropriation b i l l Kaqp 8 : S t r i k e new* buHcLlng from naval b i l l Eay 3 0 ; Florida ship canal study LTay 20 : Fass»ma*quoxidy p r o j e c t study Jun.- 1 : Return c o n t r o l of r e l i e f t o start u^ June 1 ; R e l i e f approp • i a t i o n b i l l Jrua 16: Housing—«1TBH CIOHIranee b i l l sy H*y ,.ay .ay ..ay ' .ay 1-ay Kay 1 ay Paired against 19^7 T a r . 2S : ^5 3,800,000 nav«l a p p r o p r i a t i o n b i l l Yea y 13; GriXbertsvllla Dam -iuthor i s a t ion , committee - n t t o 3nd <Jef 1 cianc^^ b i l l Say May 3 0 : Reduce salary of Robert Fechner from "18,000 t o .1^,000 Yea BBsy 3 0 ; Limit CCC e x t e n s i o n t o tmo y e e r s (Byrd amot) Yea y 2 0 : OCC b i l l 2 twa June 1 5 ; Cancel unexpended bal mcei o: previous a p propriations for relief (about ^300^000,000) Yea June 31; "lobin . : i nt reqiiirlog nd localities to contribute of cost of . . • projects Yea Jun- 3 1 ; Hyrtun n nrt requiring 40$ c o n t r i b u t i o n Yea J u l y 3 3 : Override veto of c o n t i n u a t i o n of reduced I n t e r e s t r e t e on farm loans Yea 1937 ^continued) 0 Aug. 4 : Byrd w tent to national Rcruslng a u t h o r i t y b i l l to Tfiwft cost of contruction to fl^QOQ per room v .Vu _. 6 : National Housing Authority b i l l Cp g1 3 1*37 (i;:e;cie 1 session) Dfec. 21: Reinstating ==n expired sect I an of the housing a c t a u t h o r i z i n g home modernisation ana r e p a i r loans Dec. 21 r P r e v a i l i n g tfage r a t e s on hou^in^ p r o j e c t s Dec. 3 1 ; Passage of houbin^1 b i l l £ Yea Nay Kay Kay Yea 1938 Feb» 1 : Conference report on housing b i l l Way Feb. 23^ Bone amendment to r a i s e additional funds t o be a p propriated for r e l i e f during remainder of f i s c a l year from ^50,000,000 t o |400,000>QOO Kay Feb. ^ 5 : 5eiley Brnwtxdment to require 2552 local contributions t o cast of PA e r e j e c t s Yea Feb. 3 3 : Passage- of . . : ;0,000,000 appropriation for r e l i e f Yea Ear* 2 1 : 3yrd amendment pr'opocin^ a congressional declaration t h a t regular expenditures (except for fixed chsrgos) be reduced by 10/6 for f i s c a l year 1940 Yea Eay 3 ; 51,156,545,000 n^val a u t h o r i s a t i o n b i l l Yea June 3 : ITaloney amend nt to prohibit use of r e l i e f funds for construction of p r o j e c t s t o compete Pith privately—owned u t i l i t i e s , except under c e r t a i n conditions Yea June 3 : Lodg txt to strike out pumper inning and i n crease . . p r o p r i a t i o n by ^500,000,000 Not re^ June J ; Ketch amendmeot to prohibit use of a u t h o r i t y by relief officials to influence "a convention, primary, or other election or the results thereof."" Yea June 2 : \Tandenberg asfBetjdnwnt for administrartion of r e l i e f by l o c a l , b i - p a r t i s a n boards, e t c . Yea Junj 5 : Ihom£s amendment t o provide monthly comp i tion cf . . . 11 Hn no carse-... be at the r a t e of lei than J40." Sft£ JTuns 1 5 ; C o n f e r e n c e r e p o r t on f l o o d c o n t r o l a u t h o r l a a t t o a b i l l , p e r m i t t i n g f e d e r a l g o v e n a m e o t , snsong o t h e r t h i n g s , t o a c q u i r e td>fcle t o l a n e " i t h c u t s t a t e c o n s e n t Jun? 1 6 : Override v e t o of b i l l t o continn r e d u c e d fanfl l o a n interest rates Yea 193? No r o l l carlli in Senate on any appropriation measure to cate*
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