RepublicanHouse · Illinois District 20
Findley, Paul
1961 first electedLeft office 198322 years servedBorn 1921M
Issues
Based on bills Findley, Paul sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 17Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 11Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 9- A bill to provide that no increase in pay for Members of Congress and certain other Federal officials may take effect unless the Federal budget is in balance, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to provide that the majority of the membership (including the chairman) of the Committee on Government Operations of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, shall be composed of members of a major political party other than the political party of which the President of the United States is a member. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce the tax on capital gains. ↗
- A bill to allow a credit against Federal income taxes or a payment from the United States Treasury for State and local real property taxes or an equivalent portion of rent paid on their residences by individuals who have attained age 65. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 5Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 8- A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to plan and construct recreation improvements on Quinsippi Island, Mississippi River, at Quincy, Illinois. ↗
- A resolution directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain information with respect to the use in hostilities by Israel of aircraft of United States origin. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 7- A bill to provide flexibility in administration of the dairy price support program to forestall further increases in retail and wholesale dairy prices as a result of price support operations, to avoid unnecessary government acquisitions of surplus dairy products, thus reducing costs to the taxpayer, and to preserve the integrity of the dairy price support program. ↗
- A bill to establish a ceiling of 9 percent on interest rates on price support loans for 1979 and 1980 crop agricultural commodities to aid farmers during their current financial crisis. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 5- A bill to provide that each State must establish a workfare program, and require participation therein by all residents of the State who are receiving benefits or assistance under the AFDC, food stamp, and public housing programs, as a condition of the State's eligibility for Federal assistance in connection with those programs. ↗
- A bill to terminate age discrimination in employment. ↗
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