DemocratHouse · New York District 18
Koch, Edward I.
1969 first electedLeft office 197910 years servedBorn 1924M
Issues
Based on bills Koch, Edward I. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Cosponsored 14- Resolution to establish a Select Committee on Population. ↗
- Resolution amending rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to remove the limitation on the number of Members who may introduce jointly any bill, memorial, or resolution, and to provide for the addition and deletion of names of Members as sponsors after the introduction of a bill, memorial or resolution. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed. ↗
- A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 11International Affairs
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 8Health
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require that public health service hospitals, Veterans' Administration hospitals, and hospitals receiving assistance under the Hill-Burton Act make available to persons entitled to benefits under the medicare program, at cost, prescription drugs not covered under that program, eyeglasses, and hearing aids. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that blood donations shall be considered as charitable contributions deductible from gross income. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 4Social Welfare
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 20 to 10 years the length of time a divorced woman's marriage to an insured individual must have lasted in order for her to qualify for wife's or widow's benefits on his wage record. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (in the case of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program or the medicare program) or the appropriate State agency (in the case of any of the public assistance or medicaid programs) shall be liable for attorney's fees incurred by an individual in successfully challenging a decision which denies him the benefits or assistance, or reduces or limits the benefits or assistance, to which he is entitled under such program. ↗
Right of privacy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title 2, United States Code, to provide that individuals be apprised of records concerning them which are maintained by the Committee on Internal Security of the House of Representatives. ↗
- A bill to protect the constitutional rights of citizens of the United States and to prevent unwarranted invasion of their privacy by prohibiting the use of the polygraph for certain purposes. ↗
Election History
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