ustxtxb_obs_1977_06_17_50_00005-00000_000.pdf

* = The Observer agrees with this vote = The Observer disagrees with this vote 0 = Present, but not voting A = Absent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Adams * A A * * Aikin * * * Andujar * :,, Braecklein * * * * * A * Brooks * * * * o * * . q A Clower * * * A * * * , Creighton Doggett * * * * * * * * * * Farabee * * * . Hance * e * * * * = Harris A * A t Jones, Gene * * * * * * A ,’ Jones, Grant ..,.,-s Kothmann * * ir. . * Lombardino A A Longoria * * A * * * * Mauzy A * A * * * McKnight ‘ Meier * Mengden * A A * A Moore Ogg A .k Parker I. * * * * * Patman * * * * * * * * ,….., .,,,, * Santiesteban * * * * * A * A Schwartz * * * * * * * * t,, t * o Sherman * * * * A `’ Snelson * 0 A * A , Traeger * * ,&.4 ,-,, . Truan * * * * * * * A * nh’ , * Williams * * * four years and one day after you lugged the thing home from the hardware store. Had the Jones proposal become law, you would have had no remedy against the manufacturer, even if the company was clearly at fault. SB 1012 was supported by manufacturers who saw a chance to avoid bothersome consumer suits. They complained of ridiculous claims, such as some filed fifty years after sale of a product, but a four-year cutoff was way too short for eleven senators who voted against suspending the rules to consider the bill, thus killing it. Give them a star. Corporate campaign contributions Sen. Lloyd Doggett threatened a filibuster to prevent passage of an odious offering he dubbed the “Maurice Stans bill.” This bill by Sen. Peyton McKnight would have turned back the clock to those prereform golden days when corporations could contribute funds directly to political candidates. On a .vote of 19 to 10, McKnight fell just ,tine vote short of suspending the rules to consider his corporate-contribution measure. Those who voted against rules suspension get a star. June 17, 1977 5 8