Sales tax exemptions are provided by state law, primarily in Chapter 144 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, for a variety of items including, but not limited to: component parts, machinery used in the manufacture of products sold at retail, export sales, and resale.
By the time McCarthy was censured by the Senate in December 1954 â not because of Joseph Welchâs eloquent pleas but because he had turned on the Republican leadership and the Eisenhower administration, who no longer needed him â Taft had been dead sixteen months. This was the man they once called âMr. Conservative,â who is now being held up as the paragon of moderation. To paraphrase Woody Allen: a moderate Republican is a right-wing reactionary plus time. Corey Robin teaches political science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
The Senate voted 67-22 on Dec. 2, 1954 to condemn McCarthy for conduct contrary to senatorial traditions for abuse of his powers. It was only the third time in 165 years that a senator had been condemned. McCarthy began drinking heavily and developed cirrhosis of the liver. He died May 2, 1957 of peripheral neuritis.