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Show Page 10 The Utah Independent August 4, 1977 The Paper That Dares To Take A, Stand THE CONSERVATIVE INDEX ( ontinued from page 7 TEXAS 1 Hall Wilson Collins Roberts 2 3 4 5 Mattox 6 Teague Archer Eckhardt 7 8 9 Brooks 10 Pickle 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Poage Wright Hightower Young 18 Jordan delaGarza White Burleson Mahon 20 Gonzalez 21 Krueger 22 Gammage 19 Kazen 23 24 Milford t tttt ttttt tttt tt tttttt t ZZZZt tt tztttzZt tt ttt tttttttZZ t tttttttttt tttttZ ZtttMtttt t tttt tttt tt tttttt tttttttttt t (AL) Jeffords Daniel, D. 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One of (AL) Koncalio President Carter's most controversial nominations was that of Paul Warnke to he chief negotiator at the SALT disarmament talks. Mr. Warnke, a longtime foe of American defense, received strong editorial support from Soviet, East European, and U.S. Communist Party propagandists prior to his confirmation. On the other hand, he was vigorously opixised by American Conservatives concerned about his posture and his service as a registered agent of the Communist government of Algeria. On March 9th the Senate confirmed Warnke as SALT negotiator by a vote of 58 to 40. The result was widely interpreted as a Conservative victory since 40 votes is more than enough to kill any disarmament treaty which might eventually come before the Yeas" Senate. Credit the with a dagger; the Nays with a star. (2.) H.R. 1746, Rhodesian Chrome. The Byrd Amendment, described in the House section, gave our nation a chrome friendly source of ore as an alternative to dependence on the Soviet Union for this strategic commodity. Rhodesia has never threatened the use of force or eco anti-defen- se Warnke-negotiate- . pro-Warn- ke anti-appeaseme- high-grad- e nt d nomic power to coerce nations with which she disagrees. Yet, by United Nations fiat, Rhodesia is boycotted as a threat to peace! The Senate followed the House on March 15th by voting 56 to 26 to realign our nation with the U.N.s illegal and immoral Rhodesian sanctions. The Yeas" collect daggers; the "Nays" past stars. (3.) ILR. 1746 (Amendment), Soviet Chrome. Prior to its final vote to repeal the Byrd Amendment, the Senate considered an amendment propped by Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. which would have expressed the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union has a minority Government and has repeatedly violated human rights, and pro-Commun- ist anti-Commun- ist that therefore the President should prohibit the importation of chromium in any form from that country. The Senate rejected this by a vote of 29 to 50 on March 14th, establishing hypocrisy as the principle of the hour. Give stars to the Yea votes and daggers to the Nays. (4.) S. Res. 4 (Amendment), Pay Raise. Few issues in recent years have generated such public outrage, and so many awkward gyrations in Congress, as the pay raise (from $44,600 to $57,500) which Members of the House and Senate allowed to become a fait accompli on February 20th. In the Senate, after watching the burial of more than one anti-rais- e Resolution in ComSenator James Allen (D. mittee, proposed the amendment Jo a Committee reorganization Resolution which would have killed the pay adjustment. On February 2nd, the Senate voted 56 to 42 to kill (table) the Allen Amendment. Credit the spendthrift Yeas with a dagger; the "Nays with a star. (5.) S. Res. 18, Pardon Of Draft Evaders. On January 21st, President Carter granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon" to Vietnam-er- a draft dodgers and most other violators of the Selective Service Act. Widely interpreted as a slap in the face for those men who served (and died serving) their country with honor during n the Vietnam War, the Presidents action met substantial opposition in both the House and Senate. On January 25th the Senate considered Senate Resolution 18 to oppose the -- Alabama) no-wi- Presidential pardon program, but tabled (killed) it by a close 48 to 46 vote. Pin the dagger on the Yeas; the star on the Nays. (6.) H.R. 4879 (Amendment), Wage And Price Council Funding. President Carter (as did Richard Nixon prior to August 15, 1971) has claimed he will not impose wage and price controls over our economy, but has nevertheless moved to increase the staff of the Council on Wage and Price Stability so the Council can perform a more active job of monitoring wage and price developments. Which simply means that the President wants the agency to involve itself even more in decisions which should be left to the free market, and may indeed be strengthening the agency for a future role in a program of controls. During consideration of a supplemental appropriations bill for Fiscal 1977, Senator Lowell VVeicker proposed an amendment would have struck-ou- t the (XX) President $241, requested by the for increasing the Council's staff. On which April 1st, however, the Senate rejected the VVeicker Amendment 35 to 48. Put down a star for the Yeas; a dagger for the "Nays. (7.) Young Nomination. Andrew Youngs record as a radical civil rights agitator and Far Left troublemaker was when President Carter nominated him to be our United Nations Ambassador. During Youngs confirmation Hearings, Senators were reminded that he had once asserted he would condone the destruction of well-know- appropriates another $4 billion allegedly to create industries. jobs in construction-relate- d On April 29th the Senate approved H.R. 11 by a vote of 71 to 14. Give the Yeas the dagger; the boondoggle Nays the star. 11 n Western Civilization were it necessary to advance the cause of the Third World. Yet the Senate ignored the clear evidence and confirmed Young on January 26th by the overwhelming vote of 89 to 3. Give daggers to the willfully blind Yeas; stars to those few principled Nays. (8.) H.R. 4800, Emergency Unemployment Extension. During Senate debate on this bill, Conservative Senators noted that funding of the program is to be transferred from the federal unemployment tax to the general fund, which means that the program will have to be financed by increasing the federal deficit. Deficits create inflation, one of the biggest causes of unemployment. In other words, this bill allegedly intended to fight unemployment will increase unemployment in the long run. The Senate approved H.R. 4800 on March 30th by a vote of 84 to 11. The irresponsible Yeas merit a dagger; the "Nays" deserve a star. (9.) H.R. 3477 (Amendment), Tax Reduction. During consideration of the Tax Reform and Simplification Act of 1977, Senator William Roth proposed an amendment which would have cut taxes by 10 percent for each American taxpayer. His proposal was similar in spirit, and would have been similar in effect, to the Rousselot Amendment described in the House section. It is estimated that adoption of the Roth Amendment would have created nearly a million jobs by the end of next year simply by stimulating the private investment needed to create those jobs. Such a result would save the federal taxpayer around $15 billion by taking workers off the unemployment rolls. On April 27th the Senate rejected the Roth Amendment by a vote of 33 to 62. The Yeas shine with a star; the Nays deserve a dagger. (10.) H.R. 11, Public Works Employment Act Of 1977. Six weeks after Congress approved a $2 billion public works program last year, the Economic Development Administration was swamped with 25,000 applications totaling nearly $24 billion in requested funds. Today there remains a backlog of $20 billion in applications representing some 20,000 projects. Rather than deal with the unemployment problem realistically, by cutting taxes, Congress continues to pump money into these unproductive public works schemes. Some of last years money, for example, went to Port Graham, Alaska, a metropolis of 122 people which received over $882,000 to build a community service center. That came to $80,000 for each of the town's 11 unemployed citizens. In Clarkston, Washington, with a population of 6,875 and an unemployment rate two points below the national average, $179,000 was granted to build an animal shelter and an indoor pistol range. . (R.-Delawa- The bill H.R. SENATE: Basic Issues Index |