Word: votes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blow against peaceful picketing was a blow against "the cardinal principle of freedom of speech." Kennedy himself, now back in command, came striding down the center aisle to the Senate's well to argue against the amendment's sweeping nature. "I myself would be forced to vote against the bill," he said, "and ask that my name be stricken from it, if this amendment were adopted." McClellan's amendment lost 59-30. Wisely, Kennedy pushed another compromise with lesser limits on picketing. It was adopted...
...Secretary of Labor's injunctive powers, but leaving in such guarantees as freedom from arbitrary dues and assessments, and protection of the individual's right to sue to secure union freedoms. Neither rueful John McClellan nor any other Southerner refused to support the changes. When the vote was taken, only G.O.P. conservatives and Ohio's Democratic Conservative Frank Lausche held out; the amendment passed 77-14. Two-and-a-half hours later, after nine days of debate, the revised Kennedy bill passed 90-1, with only Diehard Barry Goldwater voting against...
...soon as the President sent Herter's name to the Senate, Fulbright was ready to deliver. Vote for confirmation: 17 to 0 in the Foreign Relations Committee, 93 to 0 on the Senate floor. Time of confirmation: 4 hours 13 minutes, in contrast to the usual seven-day minimum...
Eisenhower voiced gratification for the vote by which the House sustained his veto of a bill that would have taken from Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson the power to pass on rural electrification and telephone loans...
...dynamite some telephone facilities in connection with a union dispute. They were sentenced to three months in prison. A federal court then tried them, found them guilty, and sentenced them to three and one years' imprisonment respectively. The Supreme Court upheld the legality of both second trials by a vote of five to four on March...