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The Augusta News-Review -
Congressional votes on issues important
to Blacks and lower income persons
The National Newspaper
Publishers Association believes
that an essential aspect of full
participation in the electoral
process is providing
information to citizens about
the positions, votes and the
views of those they elect to
hold public office.
An informed electorate
produces a responsive and
more effective political
leadership. However, in the
past, little information has
been provided to lower-income
persons and minorities on votes
of Members of Congress which
are of special concern to these
groups.
The following study
provides congressional voting
information for all Members of
the House of Representatives
on twenty-two key votes
through the August recess of
the 2nd Session of the 95th
Congress (1978).
We believe that these 22
votes are the most important
this year in terms of furthering
the interests of lower-income
persons and minorities. They
were chosen in consultation
with leaders in the Black
community and other leaders,
and in particular with members
of Brain Thrusts of the
Congressional Black Caucus.
Statistical information on the
proportion of Black persons
and families with incomes
below the poverty level is
provided from 1970 census
data.
The issues range from the
Full Employment Act to full
1. CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY (HR. 6805)- Final
passage of bill to create an independent Office of Consumer
Representation to represent the interests of consumers before
Federal agencies and the courts. Defeated 189-227, February 8,
1978. CBC position: YES
2. D.C. FULL VOTING REPRESENTATION (H.R. Res. 554)
- Final passage of a constitutional amendment to give Washington
D.C. two voting Senators and voting Representatives based on its
population. Passed 289-127, (2/3 vote required), March 2, 1978.
CBC position: HjfisS
3. full Employment act (h.r. 50) - Jeffords
Amendment w 5 ch attempted to include unacceptable inflation
provisions in the\l ull Employment Act. Rejected 193-223,March
9, 1978, CBC portion: NO
4. FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT (H.R. 50) - Final passage of
the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Balanced Growth
Act. Passed 257-152, March 16, 1978. CBC position: YES
5. BUDGET RESOLUTION (H. Con. Res. 559) - Congressman
Parren Mitchell’s Transfer Amendment to the House Budget
Resolution to shift $4.8 billion from military to domestic
purposes. Rejected 98-313, May 3, 1978. CBC position: YES
6. TUITION TAX CREDIT (H.R. 12050)-- Final passage of bill
to provide an income tax credit equal to 25% ol tuition for
private elementary and secondary schools and public and private
colleges and universities up to a limit by 1980 of SIOO for
elementary and secondary tuitions and $250 for college tuitions.
The bill was opposed by many Black leaders as benefiting families
with less need, undercutting education programs targeted at
lower-income students and encouraging re-segregation through
private elementary and secondary schools. Passed 237-158, June
I, 1978. CBC position: NO
7. EXPORT IMPORT BANK (H.R. 12157)- Kelly Amendment
to permit the Export-Import Bank to guarantee, insure or extend
credit to South Africa as long as it also extended credit or was
authorized to extend credit to Communist countries. Rejected
157-190, June 1,1978. CBC posotion: NO
8. LABOR-HEW APPROPRIATIONS BILL (H.R. 12929)-
Wright Amendment to adopt the compromise position on
restrictions on Federal funding on abortions, as adopted last year;
rather than a virtually absolute ban on such funding. Rejected
198-212, June 13,1978. CBC position: YES
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voting representation for the
District of Columbia to the
consumer protection agency,
the CETA jobs program,
international issues and various
amendments which attempted
to limit spending for domestic
social programs or to restrict
the exercise of civil rights.
Frequently, votes on
amendments were considered
to be more important than
votes on final passage because
the amendments were the
critical efforts to strengthen or
weaken a given bill.
Publicly available
information on votes by
members of the Congressional
Black Caucus were used as a
standard for providing a “3” (a
vote with the Caucus) or a “-”
(a vote against the Caucus). An
“0” was given where a Member
did not vote. A “pair”, which
is a formally announced
position by a Representative
who is not present, was
counted as an actual vote for
purposes of the study.
Percentage support and
opposition were based on
actual votes and pairs, so that
absences did not subtract from
an individual’s support
percentage. It should be
pointed out that this is not a
study by the Congressional
Black Caucus, but that we
believe that the Caucus
members votes reflect the
views of Black America, and
we have used public
information on those votes as a
guidepost.
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9. LABOR-HEW APPROPRIATIONS BILL (H.R. 12929) -
Walker AMendment to prohibit the use of quotas or other
numerical requirements in the enforcement of the civil rights
laws. Passed 232-177, June 13, 1978. CBC position: NO
10. LABOR -HEW APPROPRIATIONS BILL (H R. 12929) -
Miller AMendment to reduce controllable spendiny by 2 percent.
Passed 220-181, June 13,1978. CBC position: NO
1 ESTATE, JUSTICE, COMMERCE, JUDICIARY
APPROPRIATIONS (H.R. 12934) - Rousselot Amendment to
cut appropriations for the Legal Services Corporation by S3O
million. Rejected 200-203, June 14, 1978. CBC position: NO
12. AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS
(H.R. 13125)- Symms Amendment to cut $290 million from the
food stamp program. Rejected 194-201, June 22, 1978. CBC
position: NO
13. AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AMENDMENTS (H.R. 12433) - Brown Amendment to permit a
one-house veto of HUD regulations. This was an attack on
progressive regulations issued by HUD to target assistance to
lower-income persons. Passed 244-140, June 29, 1978. CBC
position: NO
14. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (H.R.
15) - Quie Amendment to allow local education agencies as well
as states to qualify for special matching federal grants if they had
their own compensatory education programs. The effect of this
amendment would have been to reduce targeting of education
funds toward less advanced students. Rejected 150-240, July 12,
1978. CBC position: NO
15. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (H.R.
12433) - Brown Amendment to remove a provision in the bill
which limits property insurance rates in high risk areas under the
FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) plans. The
provision was a response to high interest rates under the FAIR
plan in a number of states that amounted to insurance redlining.
Paine president
writes article
Dr. Julius S. Scott
“Higher Learning in an
Axiological Frame”, is the title
of a recent article written by
Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr.,
president of Paine College,
which appears in the National
Institute for Campus Ministries
Journal (NICM).
The article is a follow-up on
ideas presented by Dr. Scott at
a consultation of several
colleges and university
presidents on the moral
purposes of institutions of
higher learning.
In the article, Dr. Scott
affirms that institutions of
higher learning do have moral
responsibilities and that these
responsibilities are a part of the
design of colleges and
universities. He asserts that
admission procedures,
academic standards, patterns of
campus social-interaction,
educational philosophy and the
behavioral norms of colleges
and universities serve as
evidence that such purposes do
exist.
Additionally, Dr. Scott
suggests that it is because these
purposes have been
wmphasized in Black
institutions of higher learning
that the “level of aspiration for
students on Black campuses is
above the national norm for all
institutions.”
Dr. Scott concludes that if
colleges and universities are to
educate youth not only for
intellectual and vocational
competency, but to accept
social responsibility as well,
institutions of higher learning
must take these responsibilities
seriously.
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Rejected 119-185, July 21, 1978. CBC position: NO
16. CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION (H.R. 12432) - An
amendment to the Civil Rights Commission reauthorization bill
to prohibit the commission from engaging in lobbying on
legislation before Congress or the State legislatures. Adopted
159-125, July 28, 1978. CBC position: NO
17. FOREIGN MILITARY AID (Rhodesian Chrome) (H.R.
12514) - The Ichord Amendment to make lifting of economic
sanctions against Rhodesia relatively simple, rather than a more
forceful provision being offered which would ensure full
participation by all parties in governing Rhodesia prior to lifting
sanctions. Adopted 229-180, August 2, 1978. CBC position: NO
18. DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL 1979 (H.R.
13635) - Mitchell Amendment to reduce defense spending by 1
percent. This amendment would have applied to defense spending
the cuts similar to those adopted for some domestic
appropriations bills. Rejected 136-222, August 8, 1978. CBC
position: YES
19. CETA AMENDMENTS (H.R. 12452) - Obey Amendment
to the CETA reform bill to limit maximum CETA wages to
SIO,OOO per year ($12,000 in high wage areas), and to set the
average CETA wage at $7,000 per year. The committee bill had
higher figures of $15,000, $12,000 and $7,800, respectively.
Adopted 230-175, August 9, 1978. CBC position: NO
2Q. CETA AMENDMENTS (H.R. 12452) - Jeffords
Amendment to the CETA reform bill to cut the number of Title
VI public service employment jobs and transferring some of those
jobs to Title IV Youth programs. Opponents of the amendment
argued it was a cut in the number of jobs at a time of continuing
high unemployment, and an attempt to confuse the issue by
shifting some jobs to youth programs. Adopted 221-181, Augusta
9, 1978. CBC position: NO
21. REVENUE ACT OF 1978 (Tax Bill) (H.R. 13511) -
Corman-Fisher Amendment to shift more capital gains tax
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individual income taxes by one-third over the nect three years.
This is the Kemp-Roth tax proposal. Rejected 177-240, August
10, 1978. CBC position: NO
benefits to those earning under $50,000 per year. The committee
bill contained a capital gains tax provision heavily weighted to
those earning over $50,000 per year. Rejected 193-325, August
10, 1978. CBC position: YES
22. REVENUE ACT OF 1978 (Tax Bill)(H.R. 13511)-Kemp
motion to recommit the bill with instructions to reduce
NOTES:
+ vote with the Congressional Black Caucus position
- vote against the Congressional Black Caucus position
O Not voting
A “pair”, which is an announced position by a Representative
who is not present, is counted as an actual vote for the purpose of
this study.
Percentage support and opposition is based on actual votes and
pairs only, so that failure to vote does not subtract from the
individuals overall support percentage.
V Office vacant during the votes indicated
P Representative voted “present”. This was counted as not
voting for purposes of the statistical calculations.
* Representative died in office
** The Speaker of the House docs not vote except in the case
of a tie.
Sources: Congressional Record; “Congressional District data
Book” (1970 census data); It should be noted that 1970 census
data are the latest available for congressional districts, and that
population shifts have occurred since that time. Also,’ the
percentage poor is the percentage of families below the poverty
level in 1970, ans while the official poverty level has increased
since 1970, the proportion of poor remains similar.
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