DemocratHouse · Missouri District 3
Gephardt, Richard A.
1977 first electedLeft office 200528 years servedBorn 1941M
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Based on bills Gephardt, Richard A. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Cosponsored 23- A resolution to amend Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each committee to formulate and approve an oversight agenda and timetable at the beginning of each Congress, and to require the Committee on Government Operations to hold hearings on such plans, and, after consultation with the majority and minority leadership of the House, to publish such oversight plans together with its recommendations for coordination. ↗
- A resolution to amend Rule X of the Rules of the House to require that each committee other than the Committees on Budget and Appropriations establish an oversight subcommittee. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 19- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide, with respect to certain trusts created before December 31, 1977, a deduction from the gross estate for a Charitable remainder interest in such a trust if such remainder interest is transferred free of trust to charity. ↗
- A bill relating to the treatment of certain expenses includible in the income of the recipient. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 11- To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of door hinges. ↗
- To require prior congressional approval before the United States supports the admission of the People's Republic of China into the World Trade Organization, and to provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the World Trade Organization if China is accepted into the WTO without the support of the United States. ↗
Health
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 7Social Welfare
Sponsored 10- A bill to amend Title XI of the Social Security Act to limit civil liability of health care providers for damages arising in connection with health care treatment paid for under the Social Security Act to the extent that such damages include the cost of health care services for which payment may be made under that Act. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect to the issuance of social security cards. ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 6- A bill to provide compensation to investors of U.S. Treasury securities for delays in payment. ↗
- A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to assure that the congressional budget process reflects a responsible approach to national fiscal and monetary policy, and realistically takes into account the state of the economy, by establishing a new procedure under which the Congress will separately decide upon the size of the Federal surplus or deficit for any fiscal year before it considers or decides upon the specific budget outlays to be authorized in the concurrent resolution on the budget for that year. ↗
Immigration
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2Election History
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