RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 13
Coughlin, Lawrence
1969 first electedLeft office 199324 years servedBorn 1929M
Issues
Based on bills Coughlin, Lawrence sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 24 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that amounts paid for first-class postage in connection with the payment of medical expenses shall be treated as a deductible medical expense. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a basic $7,500 exemption from income tax, in the case of an individual or a married couple, for amounts received as annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 18Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6Animals
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6Congress
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 10-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans, wives, and widows. ↗
- A resolution requesting that the Secretary of Defense should rescind that portion of the Department of Defense directive which permits deserters from military service to receive in absentia discharges. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that a recipient of disability insurance benefits under title II of such act must wait for 24 months before becoming eligible for coverage under medicare. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to taxing Social Security benefits. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- Consumer Communications Reform Act ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning that Government's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union and that the United States should bring to the attention of the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union the failure of the Soviet Union to comply with certain articles of the Universal Postal Union. ↗
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