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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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House Republicans voted 71-33 at a party meeting to back an amendment targeting Secretary of State Acheson for removal from federal payroll over his law firm's past representation of Poland, though the decision is non-binding and likely to fail without Democratic support.
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WASHINGTON, July 25. -AP- At a sharply split party meeting, a majority of House Republicans present agreed today to support a plan aimed at singling Secretary of State Acheson off the federal payroll.
The decision to pursue the "Get Acheson" drive through the medium of the State Department appropriation bill was taken by a standing vote of 71 to 33.
More than 90 Republicans either did not attend or refrained from voting.
The majority approved a motion to support an amendment to the State Department money bill.
Party leaders said the amendment, still to be drafted, would not designate Acheson by name, but would specify that no federal pay could go to any "policy-making" Department head who, at any time during the five years preceding appointment, was out of or in a law firm that represented a foreign government.
Acheson's law firm once represented Poland.
The decision of the GOP conference is not binding on the members. Individuals still can vote the way they feel.
But refusal of so many of them to support the amendment made it doubtful that the "Get Acheson" drive would succeed unless it gained heavy Democratic support.
Democratic leaders were confident they could beat it.
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vote of 71 to 33 in favor; not binding; doubtful to succeed without democratic support
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At a party meeting, a majority of House Republicans agreed to support an amendment to the State Department appropriation bill to prevent federal pay to policy-making heads who were in law firms representing foreign governments in the prior five years, targeting Acheson whose firm represented Poland. More than 90 Republicans did not vote.