RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 19
Goodling, William F.
1975 first electedLeft office 200126 years servedBorn 1927M
Issues
Based on bills Goodling, William F. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 16Education
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to provide for the gradual reduction in payments for certain types of children under the Impact Aid program of Public Law 874. ↗
- A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, to provide that upon request a member of advisory councils established under that Act may receive a copy of the law, and for other purposes. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 3- Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1980 ↗
- A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that the spouse of a person receiving an annuity on account of disability may receive an annuity at age sixty if such person would have completed thirty years service as of the date of that person's attaining the age of sixty. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the maximum amount of living expenses which are allowable as a trade or business expense deduction for Members of Congress shall be increased to an amount equal to the Federal per diem rate multiplied by the number of days (but not in excess of 180) the Congress is in session. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a refundable tax credit for amounts paid for increases in electricity under automatic fuel adjustment clauses as a result of the shutdown of the nuclear plant at Three Mile Island near Middletown, Pennsylvania. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3Energy
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to condition the approval of Federal funding for highway projects within a State upon the elimination of subsidized commuter parking for employees of such State. ↗
- A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to consult with certain friendly nations in order to devise a Sealane Security System whose purpose would be to insure safe, secure, and free passage through international sealanes adjacent to East and Southeast Asia. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 7- 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. ↗
- A concurrent resolution calling for the immediate release of Andrei Sakharov from the internal exile being imposed on him by the Soviet Union. ↗
Election History
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