New England Congress Members Ranked by Conservatives Liberals
A scorecard clash shows New England House members at 19 percent conservative and senators at 18 percent, while liberal scores run 59 to 67 percent. Prominent names include Kennedy and Dodd for liberals and Saltonstall and Cotton for conservatives. regional breakdown lists ratings for each member in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The report cites Liberty Lobby and ADA tallies, noting noncompliance in McCormack's case due to nonvoting.
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House
Liberty Lobby
New England
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
New
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
John O. Pastore
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Bernard Grabowski
D - Conn
Donald Irwin
John W. McCormack
Connecticut
Emilio Q. Daddario
William St. Onge
Robert Giaimo
John Monagan
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Edmund S. Muskie
William Hathaway
Stanley Tupper
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Leverett Saltonstall
Silvio Conte
Court upholds state rights in voter qualifications ruling
A three judge panel in Washington held that Congress lacked power to regulate voter qualifications and struck down a 1965 Voting Rights Act section aimed at Spanish speaking Puerto Ricans in New York. The opinion notes states traditionally control voter qualifications and constitutional amendments limit federal intrusion. The decision hinges on whether discrimination occurred in the New York literacy test and outlines anticipated Supreme Court review.
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U.S
Congress
Washington, D.C
New York
Alexander Holtzoff
New York State
Holtzoff
Supreme Court
State Dept Accused of Blocking Kennedy Era Policy Push
Historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. says State Department officials would have blocked the Kennedy administration from pursuing the Alliance for Progress and a nuclear test ban if diplomats had sole say. He cites a belief that foreign policy is the department’s personal property and a stubborn adherence to past policies as core obstacles to presidential wishes.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
State Department
Schlesinger
Department
United States
White House
Meet the Press
NBC
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