DemocratHouse · North Carolina District 2
Fountain, L. H.
1953 first electedLeft office 198330 years servedBorn 1913M
Issues
Based on bills Fountain, L. H. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 26Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 13 · Cosponsored 4Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 9- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the delimiting period for completing programs of education for veterans pursuing such programs at the close of such period. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that women should not be subject to registration under the Military Selective Service Act. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to exempt certain youth organizations, college fraternities, and sororities, and intercollegiate sports from provisions requiring that admissions and benefits be allocated without regard to gender. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 5Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3Commemorations
Sponsored 4Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Mutual Security Act of 1954 to require that information relating to foreign travel by Members of Congress be open to public inspection and published periodically in the Congressional Record. ↗
- A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Internal Security. ↗
Election History
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