16-01-2016 08:27 via nevadaappeal.com

Nevada Appeal at 150: Dec. 3, 1954: McCarthy declares he’ll maintain anti-red fight

The Senate voted 67-22 to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.” McCarthy declared his condemnation will make his anti-Communist campaign “more difficult,” but he vowed he will carry on anyway, without letup. “This censure will have no effect whatsoever on my attempt to expose Communists in government,” he said. “I will continue the same as in the past. But it will be more difficult beca
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