Date: 1939-07-12
Result:
16-55
Vote Subject Matter:
Social Welfare
/ Budget Special Interest
Sponsor: LEE, Joshua Bryan (D-OK)
Bill number: HR6635
Description: TO AMEND H.R. 6635, BY REPEALING THE REQUIREMENT OF STATE CONTRIBUTION FOR AID TO NEEDY OLD PEOPLE, AND SUBSTITUTE THEREFOR AN OUTRIGHT FEDERAL PENSION OF $40 A MONTH TO EVERY CITIZEN 60 YEARS OF AGE OR MORE WHO IS NOT GAINFULLY EMPLOYED.
Original source documents:
Congressional Record vol. 84-8, p. 8921;
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