RepublicanSenate · Massachusetts
Brooke, Edward W.
1967 first electedLeft office 197912 years servedBorn 1919M
Issues
Based on bills Brooke, Edward W. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Private Legislation
Sponsored 13Social Welfare
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the reasonable value of an individual's home, as determined for purposes of such title, shall be determined after taking into account (together with other pertinent factors) the current prevailing market prices of homes in the particular area in which such home is located. ↗
- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act so as to make the provisions thereof relating to limitation on eligibility of individuals in public institutions inapplicable to residents of certain small publicly operated community residence facilities. ↗
Commemorations
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6Housing and Community Development
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1- Emergency Home Finance Act ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that housing, housing assistance, and community development programs authorized by Congress should be carried out at levels at lease equal to the levels prevailing in the calendar year 1972 until such time as funds appropriated for such programs are exhausted or the Congress enacts legislation terminating or replacing such programs. ↗
Congress
Cosponsored 6Energy
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to provide for a plan for the preservation, interpretation, development, and use of the historic, cultural, and architectural resources of the Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, Mass. ↗
- A bill to authorize the establishment of the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the exclusion from gross income of up to $200 of dividends and interest received by individuals during a taxable year. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose an additional Federal tax on the manufacture of cigarettes and to appropriate the revenues generated by the additional tax to a trust fund for heart and lung disease. ↗
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