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Richard M. Simpson (view source)
Revision as of 00:22, September 22, 2021
, 00:22, September 22, 2021→U.S. House of Representatives
====Aftermath====
====Aftermath====
Out of the six remaining members of the select committee, only Simpson's [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] colleague [[B. Carroll Reece]] wished for a do-over and conduct a more thorough investigation of tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Simpson thus voted against a House resolution in late July 1953 which re-enacted the committee.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> The measure still passed with strong support from the majority of House Republicans, and the committee was known during the 83rd Congress as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''.
Out of the six remaining members of the select committee, only Simpson's [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] colleague [[B. Carroll Reece]] wished for a do-over and conduct a more thorough investigation of tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Simpson thus voted against a House resolution in late July 1953 which re-enacted the committee.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> The measure still passed with strong support from the majority of House Republicans, and the committee was known during the 83rd Congress as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''.
===Death in office===
Like his predecessor, Simpson ultimately died while in office. President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] stated on January 7, 1960:<ref>January 7, 1960. [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-the-president-the-death-representative-simpson-pennsylvania Statement by the President on the Death of Representative Simpson of Pennsylvania.]. ''The American Presidency Project''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|IT IS with profound regret that I have learned this morning of the passing of Representative Richard M. Simpson, a veteran and distinguished legislator who for many years has courageously and conscientiously served his District, the Nation and the Republican Party.
Mrs. Eisenhower and I join Americans all across the country in tending deepest sympathy to his family. His passing is a grievous loss to our nation, and a personal loss to me.}}
==References==
==References==