DemocratHouse · Massachusetts District 11
Burke, James A.
1959 first electedLeft office 197920 years servedBorn 1910M
Issues
Based on bills Burke, James A. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Social Welfare
Sponsored 22 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for an exclusion from resources of an amount deposited as prepayment of funeral and burial expenses. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for Federal participation in the costs of the social security program, with a substantial increase in the contribution and benefit base and with appropriate reductions in social security taxes to reflect the Federal Government's participation in such costs. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 7Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to entitle veterans with service-connected disabilities rates as total to domestic and overseas travel on military aircraft on a space-available basis. ↗
- A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide for deceased peacetime veterans funeral expenses and burial plot allowances not exceeding 80 percent of the amount of such expenses and allowances payable for deceased wartime veterans. ↗
Commemorations
Cosponsored 9Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3Environmental Protection
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2Health
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2Election History
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