RepublicanHouse · New York District 20
DioGuardi, Joseph J.
1985 first electedLeft office 19894 years servedBorn 1940M
Issues
Based on bills DioGuardi, Joseph J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 11Taxation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 10- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit first-time homebuyers to use amounts in their individual retirement accounts or annuities to purchase a home without including such amounts in gross income or incurring the penalty for early distributions. ↗
- Truth in Government Spending Act ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 7- A resolution calling upon the President of the United States to implement those recommendations developed by his Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management to enhance our national security, which do not require passage of legislation by the Congress. ↗
- A bill to authorize the original enlistment of certain aliens in the armed forces of the United States and the militias of the several States, to provide temporary and permanent resident status to such enlisted members, and for other purposes. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 5- A joint resolution condemning the passage of Resolution 3379, in the United Nations General Assembly on November 10, 1975, and urging the United States Ambassador and United States delegation to take all appropriate actions necessary to erase this shameful resolution from the record of the United Nations. ↗
- A resolution condemning the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for five years of forced and oppressive military occupation of Afghanistan in the face of popular resistance to Soviet imperialism. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Cosponsored 7- A bill to restrict the use of government vehicles for transportation of officers and employees of the Federal Government between their residences and places of employment, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to recognize the organization known as the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Incorporated. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4- Older Americans Foreign Travel Equity Act ↗
- A bill to amend title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the welfare of homeless families by affirming the right of States under the AFDC program to provide simultaneous multiple shelter allowances or special need allowances to reflect differences in the types of housing in which the recipients reside, by removing the 30-day limit on emergency assistance insofar as it involves shelter, and by making it clear that a State need not specify the maximum amounts of assistance to be provided for the various types of emergency identified in its State plan. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- Federal Financial Management Improvement Act ↗
- A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to require that in the President's budget for a fiscal year the economic assumptions pertaining to inflation for major weapon system programs of the Department of Defense be the same as those for the rest of the budget. ↗
Election History
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