DemocratHouse · Illinois District 10
Mikva, Abner J.
1969 first electedLeft office 198110 years servedBorn 1926M
Issues
Based on bills Mikva, Abner J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Social Welfare
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the payment of social security taxes by a nonprofit organization with respect to its employees shall constitute (for both tax and benefit purposes) a constructive filing by such organization of the certificate otherwise required to provide social security coverage for such employees if it has not received a refund or credit of such taxes, and to require the filing of such a certificate by any nonprofit organization which paid such taxes but received a refund or credit because it had not previously filed such certificate. ↗
- A bill to validate certain past social security coverage of policemen and firemen in positions covered by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Commerce
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Health
Cosponsored 9Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for Financing of general election campaigns for the House of Representatives. ↗
- A bill to amend section 207 of title 18, United States Code, in order to prohibit former Federal employees who participated in a contract formulation from being employed, for a period of 2 years, by anyone who has a direct interest in contract. ↗
Franchises (Retail trade)
Sponsored 7Independent regulatory commissions
Sponsored 6Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, to be placed in the Capitol. ↗
- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that children possess both fundamental human rights and rights attributable to their status as children, and to call for the enactment of Federal and State laws to implement such rights to the fullest extent possible and to grant children additional rights equivalent to the rights now possessed only by adults. ↗
Election History
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