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Show I ROLLGSLL REPORT f A j From Washington I SEB ) J By RoU Call Report Here's how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes March 3-9. $50 REBATE Rejected, 194 for and 219 against, a Republican-sponsored move to substi-tue substi-tue a permanent income tax cut for the one-shot $50 rebate advocated by President Carter. Car-ter. The attempt came in the form of a motion to send the overall bill back to committee. Its defeat left Carter's rebate proposal intact. This vote occurred during debate on the major tax-cut bill originated by the Administration Admin-istration and generally favored favor-ed by the Democratic majority major-ity in Congress. The bill (HR 3477), later passed and sent to the Senate, provides in part for a rebate of $50 for each standard deduction claimed on 1976 tax returns; similar payments to the very poor and other non-tax-paying persons; an additional tax cut in the form of a raised standard deduction to take effect with pay checks issued May 1, 1977, and a business tax credit to encourage encour-age employers to step up hiring. Supporters of the permanent perma-nent tax cut argued it would best generate the disposable income the lagging economy needs. Rep. Barber Conable (R-N.Y.) called it a "much sounder economic strategy than the ($50 rebate) which offers neither a sharp stimulative stimula-tive impact nor a permanent reduction upon which consumers con-sumers can base long-term spending plans." Rep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.) defended the one-shot rebate stimulus. "The package we offered is balanced," he said. "It will go into effect immediately. immedi-ately. It will have an early impact." Rep. Dan Marriott (R 2) voted "yea." Rep. K. Gunn McKay (D-l) voted "nay." AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Rejected. 161 for and 252 against, an amendment to spend $81.6 million this fiscal year for development of another nuclear-powered aircraft air-craft carrier, the Navy's fifth. It was proposed to HR 3839, a fiscal 1977 budget bill later passed and sent to the Senate. If it stands, this vote will signal a major shift in U.S. naval tactics, away from the existing large "Nimitz" nuclear-fueled carriers and toward to-ward construction of smaller conventionally-fueled carriers. carri-ers. The latter are less vulnerable vul-nerable to enemy missiles, but require as-yet-unperfected vertical takeoff and landing (V-STOL) jet aircraft. Rep. Robert Sikes (D-Fla), a supporter of the amendment, amend-ment, said: "We should have both the Nimitz carriers and the small carriers. We cannot have both now but we can have the Nimitz carrier. A vote (against the $81.6 million expenditure) simply means a backward step." Rep. Joseph Addabbo (D-N.Y.), (D-N.Y.), an opponent, said that the present secretary of defense de-fense and his predecessor both oppose building another Nimitz carrier. "They feel we need two small aircraft carriers carri-ers that can be easily dispersed, dispers-ed, rather than one large sitting duck," he said. "This is what we're debating." Marriott voted "yea." McKay voted "nay." SPORTS PANEL Rejected, Reject-ed, 75 for and 271 against, a resolution to continue the Select Committee on Professional Profes-sional Sports. Those voting "nay" opposed the committee, which was created in the last Congress to study anti-trust questions, the hazards of artificial arti-ficial turf and other matters relating to pro sports. Rep. Frank Horton, (R-N.Y.), (R-N.Y.), a committee member and supporter of the resolution, resolu-tion, said "we are talking about a very small budget...a frugal operation, to look at a very important area of our economy and our society - the sports field." Rep. Charles Wiggins (R- ! Calif.), an opponent, said: "I frankly would be embarrassed if I were to vote for it. I I suggest it might be a matter I of some embarrassment to the Members voting for it. It just might tell the constituents.... much more than they would j want to tell the constituents I about our own sense of priori- I ties around here." McKay and Marriott voted "nay." WARNKE Confirmed, 58 for and 40 against, the nomi- I nation of Paul C. Warnke as I chief U.S. negotiator in stra- ' tegic arms limitation (SALT) conferences with the Soviet i Union. Later, by a much wider margin, the Senate j confirmed Warnke to serve I also as director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Disarma-ment Agency. , Warnke's nomination as SALT negotiator was bitterly contested out of fear he might I give too much to the Soviets. Although failing to block his appointment, his detractors ! succeeded in denying him a two-thirds majority - a symbolic sym-bolic victory because any new SALT treaty will need a two-thirds vote to be confirmed confirm-ed by the Senate. One supporter. Sen. Edward Ed-ward Brooke (R-Mass.), said: "Ultimately, the responsibility responsibil-ity for any SALT II agreements agree-ments will rest with the President and the Congress. I am confident that Mr. Warnke can and will provide both branches of government with the information and advice necessary for wise decisions." Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), (R-Tenn.), an opponent, said that "two or 20 or 40 votes against the Warnke nomination is significant in the further efforts eff-orts of mankind to save itself from extinction." Sens. Jake Gam (R) and Orrin Hatch (R) voted "nay." |