RepublicanHouse · Indiana District 8
Deckard, Joel
1979 first electedLeft office 19834 years servedBorn 1942M
Issues
Based on bills Deckard, Joel sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Families
Cosponsored 8- A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on November 18, 1979, as "National Family Week". ↗
- A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September following Labor Day of each year as "National Grandparents Day". ↗
Social Welfare
Cosponsored 7Energy
Cosponsored 7Arts, Culture, Religion
Cosponsored 4International Affairs
Cosponsored 4- 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. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Cosponsored 4- A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that for the purpose of apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, aliens not lawfully admitted into the United States should be excluded in the decennial census from the tabulation of total population by States; and that the Representatives in Congress should be apportioned among the several States on the basis of the number of persons in each State excluding such aliens. ↗
- A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that for the purpose of apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States, aliens not lawfully admitted into the United States should be excluded in the decennial census from the tabulation of total population by States; and that the Representatives in Congress should be apportioned among the several States on the basis of the number of persons in each State excluding such aliens. ↗
Congress
Cosponsored 4Sports and Recreation
Cosponsored 4- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should allow Taiwan to participate in the 1980 winter Olympic games under its own name, flag, and national anthem. ↗
- A joint resolution designating the week beginning June 22, 1980, as "National Athletic Boosters Week". ↗
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