| | Mostly a staunch [[conservative]] similar to Ohio senator [[Robert A. Taft]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> McCulloch supported [[school prayer]], [[gun rights]], and opposed foreign aid.<ref name=nytimes/> He was largely a restrictionist on [[immigration]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> though voted for the [[Hart-Celler Act]]. During the 1960s, his conservatism began to [[moderate]]; although he scored 100% from the [[American Conservative Union]] in 1961, it waned to only 61% by 1968.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> However, he was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the liberal [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1971/h197 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> which ultimately was defeated by a grassroots coalition under the leadership of activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. | | Mostly a staunch [[conservative]] similar to Ohio senator [[Robert A. Taft]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> McCulloch supported [[school prayer]], [[gun rights]], and opposed foreign aid.<ref name=nytimes/> He was largely a restrictionist on [[immigration]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> though voted for the [[Hart-Celler Act]]. During the 1960s, his conservatism began to [[moderate]]; although he scored 100% from the [[American Conservative Union]] in 1961, it waned to only 61% by 1968.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> However, he was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the liberal [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1971/h197 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> which ultimately was defeated by a grassroots coalition under the leadership of activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]]. |