RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 24
Marks, Marc L.
1977 first electedLeft office 19836 years servedBorn 1927M
Issues
Based on bills Marks, Marc L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 13International Affairs
Cosponsored 10Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to potential cancer risks associated with past radiation treatment of tonsil, adenoid, thymus, and similar problems. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning that Government's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union, that the Department of State should pursue this matter at the diplomatic level with the Soviet Union and other countries, and that the United States delegation to the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union seek the compliance of the Government of the Soviet Union with the Acts of the Universal Postal Union. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction of not more than $1,500 for amounts paid or incurred for maintaining a household a member of which is a dependent of the taxpayer who has attained the age of 65, or who is handicapped. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that legislation providing for withholding of Federal income tax from dividends and interest should not be enacted. ↗
Sports and Recreation
Cosponsored 5- A concurrent resolution expressing sorrow over the death of 22 members and officials of the United States Amateur Athletic Union boxing team in a plane crash in Poland, and extending condolences to the friends and families of such members and officials. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the International Olympic Committee should allow Taiwan to participate in the 1980 winter Olympic games under its own name, flag, and national anthem. ↗
Science, Technology, Communications
Cosponsored 5Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the earnings test, to eliminate the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits and make other changes assuring equal entitlement for men and women, to permit the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record, to provide that individuals age 65 and over may elect to be exempt from social security coverage, to provide prorated benefits for the month of a beneficiary's death, to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for disability benefits. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to taxing Social Security benefits. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid to families with dependent children, recipients of medicaid benefits, and recipients of aid or assistance under the veterans' benefit programs and certain other Federal and federally assisted programs will not have the amount of such benefits, aid, or assistance reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits. ↗
- A concurrent resolution mourning the deaths of the members of the Air Force Thunderbird precision flying team killed on January 18, 1982, and expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should no longer sponsor high-performance precision flying teams. ↗
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