Colleagues condemn McCarthy for abusing Senate and committee 60 years ago this hour (Dec 2 1954)

1950s, Cold War


Video: 'Senator Joe McCarthy Response To Censure'

(Thursday, December 2, 1954, 5:03 p.m. EST; during the Second Red Scare and the Cold War) — The United States Senate voted 67 to 22 today to censure Sen. Joseph McCarthy of (R-Wisconsin) for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”