RepublicanHouse · Illinois District 4
Derwinski, Edward J.
1959 first electedLeft office 198324 years servedBorn 1926M
Issues
Based on bills Derwinski, Edward J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 25- A concurrent resolution stating the rejection by the Congress of the determination of the President with respect to sanctions against Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the incorporation of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 13 · Cosponsored 7Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 5- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Baltic States and with respect to Soviet claims of citizenship over certain United States citizens. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Baltic states and with respect to Soviet claims of citizenship over certain United States citizens. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to authorize the construction and maintenance of the General Draza Mihailovich Monument in Washington, District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately five hundred United States airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II. ↗
- A concurrent resolution commending the U.S. Air Force Academy on its 25th anniversary. ↗
Sports and Recreation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4Taxation
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the limitation on deductions for medical expenses to 2 percent of adjusted gross income, to eliminate the 1-percent limitation on deductions for drugs and medicine and to include the entire deduction for medical insurance within the 2-percent limitation. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the complexity of Federal income tax forms. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 4Foreign Trade and International Finance
Cosponsored 4Election History
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