[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H11443-H11444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   WHEN ONE READS THE PRESIDENT'S SUBMITTAL ON STRENGTHENING SOCIAL 
                  SECURITY, THE NUMBERS DO NOT ADD UP

  (Mr. OSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks and include therein 
extraneous material.)
  Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise again today to highlight the President's 
submittal to the House on strengthening Social Security, the Medicare 
Act of 1999.

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  I will caution again all the Members here, and those who are not, 
that they need to read this plan because this plan, in fact, does 
request and require a 2\1/2\ percent reduction in discretionary 
outlays.
  This is not Republicans; this is the President of the United States 
who is suggesting this.
  Now I would just like to remind everyone that we are having a dickens 
of a time negotiating a 1 percent reduction in discretionary outlays, 
and the President is suggesting that his plan to save Social Security 
is based on a 2\1/2\ percent reduction in discretionary outlays.
  I urge Members to read this plan. The numbers do not add up. The 
numbers do not add up, Mr. Speaker. Please read the plan.

Roll-Call Votes on the Passage of the Original 1935 Social Security Act


          congressional research service--library of congress

       In response to numerous requests for information on the 
     Senate and House roll-call votes on the original 1935 Social 
     Security Act (H.R. 7260/P.L. 74-271), we have compiled this 
     packet. The Social Security Act was signed into law by 
     President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. The 
     following roll-call votes were taken on the measure:
       House--April 19, 1935: Yeas: 372 (288 Democrat; 77 
     Republican; 7 Independent); Nays: 33 (13 Democrat; 18 
     Republican; 2 Independent); Answering Present: 2 (2 
     Republican); Not Voting: 25 (18 Democrat; 6 Republican; 1 
     Independent).
       Senate--June 19, 1935: Yeas: 77 (60 Democrat; 15 
     Republican; 2 Independent); Nays: 6 (1 Democrat; 5 
     Republican); Not Voting: 12 (8 Democrat; 4 Republican).
       In 1935, there were only 48 states, since Alaska and Hawaii 
     were not admitted to the Union until 1958 and 1959, 
     respectively. So, the Senate had 96 seats in 1935, according 
     to Stephen G. Christianson's Facts About the Congress [New 
     York, H.W. Wilson, 1996], 339). Also, ``[t]he current House 
     size of 435 Members . . . was established in 1911,'' 
     according to CRS Report 95-971, House of Representatives: 
     Setting the Size at 435, by David C. Huckabee. Thus, 95 of 
     the eligible 96 Senators and 432 of the eligible 435 
     Representatives participated in the bill's roll-call votes. 
     The roll-call vote charts following this page, which are 
     organized by chamber, are arranged alphabetically by last 
     names, then, where necessary, by first names. Party and state 
     information is provided for all Members, and district 
     information is also given for each Representative.
       The original House and Senate roll-call votes can be found 
     on p. 6069-70 and p. 9650, respectively, in the 1935 edition 
     of the Congressional Record. Copies of bound volumes of the 
     Record may be available for use at the nearest federal 
     depository library. Addresses of the closest depository 
     libraries can often be obtained: through a local library; 
     from the office of Depository Services of the U.S. Government 
     Printing Office, (202) 512-1119; or at the following Internet 
     address: [http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/dpos/
adpos003.html].
           Information Research Division.

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