[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 110 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     BIPARTISAN LEGISLATIVE ACCOM-

                        PLISHMENTS THIS CENTURY

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                         HON. VERNON J. EHLERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, August 10, 1994

  Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I have received many requests from my 
colleagues for the chart I have used to illustrate the vote counts in 
the House of Representatives on a number of major pieces of legislation 
passed by Congress this century.
  I want to point out that this issue was first brought to our 
attention in a Dear Colleague from Republican Tim Penny earlier this 
week. This chart points out that the bitter partisan path down which we 
now find ourselves headed is both tragically unnecessary and 
regrettably uncharacteristic in this deliberative body. It is my 
sincere hope that we will be able to halt this headlong rush into 
partisan tyranny on health care so that we will one day be able to 
proudly add this issue to the list of bipartisan accomplishments of 
this body.

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                                             Percent House              
                                              supporting                
                                       ------------------------   House 
                                        Democrats  Republicans    vote  
                                                                        
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Social Security Act (1935)............  96         83             372-33
Federal Highway Act (1956)............  93         97             388-19
Civil Rights Act (1964)...............  62         81            290-130
Medicare (1965).......................  86         47            313-115
Clean Air Act Amendments (1970).......  100        99              375-1
Water Pollution Control Act (1972)....  99         93             380-14
Health Care (1994?)...................  83??       2??                  
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