RepublicanHouse · Minnesota District 1
Erdahl, Arlen
1979 first electedLeft office 19834 years servedBorn 1931M
Issues
Based on bills Erdahl, Arlen sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to waiver of certain quarterly reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. ↗
- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution changing the term of office of President and Vice President and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and amending the length of time a person may serve as President, Vice President, United States Senator, or United States Representative. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 7- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President take all appropriate steps to negotiate with all other industrial nations an agreement for the creation of a Peace Development Fund whose purpose would be to underwrite the costs of implementing a Middle East peace. ↗
- 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. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the tax-free rollover into an individual retirement account or annuity of the proceeds from the redemption of bonds acquired under a qualified bond purchase plan. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the targeted jobs tax credit for certain wages paid to individuals who have attained age 14 and who are participating in work experience and career exploration programs. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- Social Security Deposit Act of 1979 ↗
- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual who applies for supplemental security income benefits on the basis of disability shall be considered presumptively disabled if he has received social security or supplemental security income benefits as a disabled individual within the preceding five years. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Cosponsored 5Energy
Cosponsored 5- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States, Mexico, and Canada should establish a common economic bond of energy cooperation. ↗
- A joint resolution disapproving the imposition, effective March 15, 1980, by the President of fees on the importation of crude oil and gasoline. ↗
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