DemocratHouse · Indiana District 10
Jacobs, Andrew, Jr.
1965 first electedLeft office 199730 years servedBorn 1932M
Issues
Based on bills Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 8International Affairs
Cosponsored 10- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Polish People's Republic should be permitted by other nations to settle their internal affairs by themselves without external intervention. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to the Baltic States. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 10Taxation
Sponsored 9- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment for purposes of sections 219 and 220 of such Code of certain individuals who separate from service with an employer during the taxable year. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the treatment for purposes of sections 219 and 220 of such Code of certain individuals who separate from service with an employer during the taxable year. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Animals
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that any Federal agency that utilizes the Draize rabbit eye irritancy test should develop and validate alternative ophthalmic testing procedures that do not require the use of animal test subjects. ↗
- A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to urge a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 6- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that surviving divorced wives, as well as widows, may marry after attaining age 60 without affecting their entitlement to widow's insurance benefits. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that an individual who has attained age 65, and who is eligible for old-age insurance benefits but has not filed application therefor, may elect (on an annual basis) to treat his or her employment or self-employment as not covered for social security benefit purposes and as exempt from social security taxes. ↗
Families
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4Election History
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