DemocratHouse · Ohio District 18
Applegate, Douglas
1977 first electedLeft office 199518 years servedBorn 1928M
Issues
Based on bills Applegate, Douglas sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Energy
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 6- A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States of America should establish and actively and immediately pursue a national energy plan that emphasizes and demands the use of domestic coal as a means of displacing current foreign energy imports, and for other purposes. ↗
- A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States of America should establish and actively and immediately pursue a national energy plan that emphasizes and demands the use of domestic coal as a means of displacing current foreign energy imports, and for other purposes. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate the changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 in the exclusion from gross income of sick pay. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals a credit against income tax for expenses paid by a taxpayer in connection with his education or the education of his spouse or any of his dependents at certain educational institutions. ↗
Sports and Recreation
Cosponsored 12- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that if the United States does not participate in the 1980 summer Olympic games, athletic games should be held in the United States for the participation of athletes from the United States and from other countries. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House that it offer its congratulations to Americans who participated in the second Olympic Winter Games for the Physically Disabled in Cielo, Norway and to the organizations who helped to promote the event. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 3Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 8- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should implement an aggressive policy that would lead to the recovery and revitalization of the American economy, and for other purposes. ↗
- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 8- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
Immigration
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3Environmental Protection
Sponsored 5- A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for certain temporary emergency suspensions of applicable implementation plan provisions for periods of five years in the case of certain fuel burning stationary sources, and for other purposes. ↗
- A joint resolution proposing that a Presidential commission be established to study full implications of compliance with the Clean Air Act, as amended, and adjusting the criteria that is used in monitoring air quality. ↗
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