On this date in 1954, the US Senate, led by liberal Democrat Hubert Humphrey, voted unanimously to ban communists. Based on information from a Soviet spy, they wanted to put an end to Communist controlled labor unions. Penalty for being a communist was five years in jail.
Had the president signed it, many current senate Democrats would be spending most of their term in the Federal penitentiary.
14 Aug 1954, Page 1 – The Terre Haute Tribune at Newspapers.com
