DemocratHouse · Michigan District 8
Carr, Bob
1975 first electedLeft office 199518 years servedBorn 1943M
Issues
Based on bills Carr, Bob sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Sponsored 20 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to limit the amount of outside earned income which may be received by Members of the House of Representatives and Senators. ↗
- A bill to require Federal agencies to report to Congress certain expenditures made for or on behalf of Members of Congress or employees of Congress and to provide for the reimbursement of such expenditures. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend the State and local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 to provide incentives for the funding of education by means other than property taxes. ↗
- A bill to provide for payment of National Service Life Insurance benefits with respect to members of the Armed Forces who were killed in action during 1942 without having life insurance in effect and after the expiration of the period provided for gratuitous life insurance benefits for members of the Armed Forces. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 5Taxation
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny the business deduction for amounts paid or incurred for lobbying before Congress or other legislative bodies. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny the business deduction for amounts paid or incurred for lobbying before Congress or other legislative bodies. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide for the suspension of the sales of defense articles and services described in the transmittals numbered 78-32, 78-33, 78-34, and 78-35 which were submitted by the President to the Congress pursuant to section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act on April 26, 1978, if the respective recipient country engages in or facilitates international aggression against another country. ↗
- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that a United Nations special investigatory commission should be established to secure a full accounting of Americans listed as missing in Southeast Asia. ↗
Health
Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, and hearing aids among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program, and to provide safe-guards against consumer abuse in the provision of these items and services. ↗
- National Home Health Care Act ↗
Energy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to establish a coordinated, prompt, and simplified process for decision making in regard to significant nonnuclear energy facilities, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to establish a coordinated, prompt, and simplified process for Federal decision-making in regard to significant nonnuclear energy facilities, and for other purposes. ↗
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