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Page 12-C El Campo Leader-News, El Campo, TX, Wed., May 30,1984
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ROLL CALL REP
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Your Congressmen'a Votes Reported Each Week
WASHINGTON —
Here’s bow area mem-
bers of Congress were
recorded on major roll
call votes May 17-23.
U S HOUSE
DEFENSE: By a vote
of 173 for and 250 against,
the House rejected an
amendment to hold fiscal
1985 outlays for buying
weapons at the 1984 level,
after adjusting for in-
flation This occurred
during debate on the $208
billion military
authorization hill for 1985
(HR 5167) that was
headed for final passage
and the Senate.
For constituents, the
amendment provided
perhaps the clearest test
of merpbers’ sentiment
on inflicting across-the-
board cuts in defense
spending. It proposed
“zero growth” for
weapons procurement,
which accounts for
nearly half of the $208
billion military outlay
President Reagan
originally sought growth
of 13 percent after ad-
justing for inflation, and
the bill before the House
called for 6 percent
growth.
Sponsor Pat Schroeder,
D-Colo., said Reagan’s
'defense spending
hinge” must be contained
because "we are in as
great a danger of losing
our way of life to the
economic enemy as to
military enemy.”
Opponent Samuel
Stratton, I) N Y , called
Schroeder’s proposal
“one of those cute little
amendments designed to
give members a chance
So vote (or massive
reductions in that terrible
old defense budget
without actually having
to vote to cut a single,
solitary program ”
Members voting yes
wanted to hold 1985
Weapons spending at 1984
levels
Voting yes: John
Bryant, D-5, Mickey
Leland, D 18, and Ron
Paul, R-22.
Voting no: Sam Hall,
D l ; Charles Wilson, I)-2 ,
Steve Bartlett, R-3;
Ralph Hall, D-4; Phil
Gramm, R-6; Bill
Archer, R:7; Jack
Fields, R-8; James
Wright, D-12; Jack
Hightower, D-13; William
Patman, D 14; KikaDela
Garza, 0-15; Ronald
Coleman, D-16; Charles
Stenholm, D-17; Tom
Loeffler, R-21; Abraham
Kazen, D-23; Martin
Frost, D-24; Mike
Andrews, L):25; Tom
Vandergriff, D-26, and
Solomon Ortiz, l)-27
Not voting: Kent
Hance, D-19 and Henry
Gonzalez, D-20.
PERISHING: The House
rejected, 122 for and 294
against, an amendment
to delay further
procurement of
Perishing II missiles of
deployment in Western
Europe, pending word on
whether the Soviets will
resume arms-control
Li Iks with the United
States
The amendment, of-
fered to HR 5167 (above),
sought to apply the same
conditions to the Per-
shing II that the House
recently imposed on
fiscal 1985 funding of the
MX missile Under the
MX plan, money is to be
withheld until at least
next April If the Soviets
have not by then stated a
desire to resume
negotiations, MX
production likely would
be resumed.
Most NATO nations
have gone along with the
administration’s request
to accept Pershing 11 and
cruise missiles, targeted
at the Soviet Union, to
counter the SS 2t)s the
Soviets have aimed at
Western Europe
Members voting yes
wanted to delay placing
Pershing II missiles in
Western Europe, in order
to induce the Soviets to
resume arrns-eontrol
talks
Voting yes: Leland and
Paul.
Voting no: Sam Hall,
Wilson, Bartlett, Ralph
Hall, Brvant. Gramm
Archer, Fields, Brooks,
Pickle, Leath, Wright,
Hightower, Patman, I)e
la Garza, Coleman,
Stenholm, Loeffler,
Kazen, Frost, Andrews,
Vandergriff and Ortiz
Not voting Hance and
Gonzalez.
NERVE GAS: The
House voted, 247 for and
179 against, to eliminate
money for binary nerve
gas from the $208 million
military authorization
bill for fiscal 1985
(above). The amendment
deleted $95 million that
President Reagan
wanted for resuming U S.
nerve gas production,
which has been
suspended since 1969
Supporter William
Ford, D Mich . said, “the
U S. already has an
existing stockpile of
lethal chemicals that is
estimated to be com
parable to the Soviet
supply.”
Opponent Robert
Badham, R-Calif., called
it "plain bunkum” to
argue that existing nerve
gas stockpiles would
deter the Soviets. "This is
like saying that once we
invented the Model T
truck we should never
have to produce a better,
bigger truck.”
Members voting yes
were opposed to
resuming U.S. nerve gas
production
Voting yes: Bryant,
Pickle, Wright, Inland,
Gonzalez, Paul and
Frost.
Voting no: Sam Hall,
Wilson, Bartlett, Ralph
Hall. Gramm, Archer,
Fields, Brooks, Leath,
Hightower, Patman, De
la Garza, Coleman,
Stenholm, Loeffler,
Kazen, Andrews, Van-
dergriff and Ortiz
Not voting: Hance
U.S. SENATE
PRISONS: The Senate
rejected, 36 for and 60
against, an amendment
to ensure that at least
$200 million is ap-
propriated in fiscal 1985
for prison construction
grants to states, which
would have to match
every federal dollar
received with three of
their own
Tins occurred during
(lrhntr on HR 2168, the
Senate s three-year. $142
billion deficit reduction
plan that later was sent to
conference with the
House.
While supporter Dale
Bumpers, I)-Ark . said
this was a chance for
senators "to start putting
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their money where their
mouth is” on the crime
issue, opponents said HR
2163 was the wrong
legislative vehicle for
such an amendment.
Senators voting yes
wanted the deficit-cutting
plan to earmark $200
million for building more
prisons: Lloyd Bentsen,
D, and John Tower, R,
both voted no
ALLOCATE: By a vote
of 63 for and 32 against,
the Senate tabled (killed)
an amendment to spend
an additional $326.4
million in fiscal 1985-87 on
domestic health and child
abuse programs
The money was to be
allocated as part of HR
2163 (above), the
Senate’s three-year
package of tax hikes and
spending cuts aimed at
slowing the growth of
deficit spending by $142
billion over three years.
Lowell Weicker, R-
Conn , said the amend-
ment, however
meritorious, should not
be allowed to obstruct
passage of the long-
debated deficit bill. He
said a vote to table the
amendment would be
“politically em-
barrassing’’ to some
senators, but necessary
Edward Kennedy, D-
Mass., said, “Fairness
and a decent sense of
national priorities makes
this modest increase
essential.”
Senators voting no
favoted the added
domestic spending: both
Bentsen and Tower voted
yes.
Proud Parents
l.-N Photo h\ Cynthia I.. Miller
A big hug from parents and grandparents awaited many of the 243
graduates of El Campo High School Friday evening after commencement
ceremonies at Ricebird Stadium. A large turnout of families and friends
showed up to watch the class of 1984 receive their diplomas.
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^ In that only case Shindler tried,
the Court of Appeals refused to
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Barbee, Chris. El Campo Leader-News (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 99B, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 30, 1984, newspaper, May 30, 1984; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017424/m1/33/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Wharton County Library.