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Show UTAH CONGRESS DELEGATES DO THEIR DUTY A seven-point tabulation of votes cast by the Utah congressional delegation during the recent 83rd congress indicates strong party unity uni-ty and devotion to duty, according to Congressional Quarterly, a weekly non-partisan research publication. pub-lication. Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R., Utah) led the delegation slightly in every category except two in which he was tied by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R., Utah). Utah's junior senator tallied 100 per cent in the "on-the-record" roundup. This indicates the percentage per-centage of votes in which lawmakers law-makers either cast a vote or officially offi-cially made known their position In actual "voting participation" in roll call votes, Sen. Bennett again led his colleagues with 97 per cent. "Party unity" indicates the percentage per-centage of the time a member voted or announced his position on votes in which the majority of his party opposed the majority of the other party. In this field Sen. Bennett and Sen. Watkins tied at 97 per cent. "Party voting" reflects the percentage per-centage of the , time a member actually voted with his party on roll call votes. Sen. Bennett led in this tabulation with 92 per cent. "Bipartisan support" is CQ's term to show agreement between the majority of both political parties. par-ties. Sen. Bennett and Sen. Watkins Wat-kins tied in this area with 92 per cent. Sen. Bennett led the delegation in support of the Eisenhower program pro-gram with 83 per cent and voted against the chief executive 14 per cent of the time, which just edged out his three colleagues who all registered only 15 per cent opposition. oppo-sition. CQ pointed out that "Ike" support sup-port and opposition did not necessarily neces-sarily total 100 per cent of votes cast because there are always a few minor roll calls on which the administration takes no stand. |