On March 9, 1954, Vermont Republican Senator Ralph E. Flanders gave a humor-laced speech on the Senate floor, questioning McCarthy's tactics in fighting communism, likening McCarthyism to "housecleaning" with "much clatter and hullabaloo".
On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted to "condemn" McCarthy on both counts by a vote of 67 to 22 [REF].