Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said Taft, could never be justified on purely economic grounds. Neither was it "aimed at opposing any Communistic military attack." The only use that Taft could see for it was as a weapon "against the advance of Communist ideology throughout the world." For that reason, Taft was prepared to vote for it. But he warned that the initial outlay asked by the Administration might cause serious trouble in the U.S. economy. He urged that the figure for the first twelve months be sliced from $5.3 billion to $4 billion...
Then Taft aimed a blow at the heart of ERP. He saw no need for any moral commitment to continue ERP for more than its first year. "If I vote for the bill it will be with the understanding that there is no such obligation. . . . They have agreed to our help-yes. Fine. They have not agreed so far as I know to anything to our advantage...
...year." Then finally he backed down. Said he: "I do not know that the Senator and I disagree so widely. If conditions a year from now should be the same as they are now, if the recipient nations had cooperated and the program had proceeded, I should probably vote at that time exactly as I shall vote today...
...Days. As Taft sat down, Vandenberg sensed that the time was ripe for a showdown. By a vote of 56 to 31, the Senate rejected Taft's amendment to reduce...
...election year, Vermont can claim distinction as a state which will cast its vote for the Republican nominee, regardless...