DemocratHouse · Illinois District 2
Murphy, Morgan F.
1971 first electedLeft office 198110 years servedBorn 1932M
Issues
Based on bills Murphy, Morgan F. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Sponsored 42 · Cosponsored 3- A resolution providing for the consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 448) revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983. ↗
- A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 5615 to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States Intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources. ↗
Health
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 8Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to name a Federal office building to be located in Carbondale, Ill., the "Kenneth Gray Federal Building". ↗
- Joint resolution designating the premises occupied by the Chief of Naval Operations as the official residence of the Vice President, effective upon the termination of service of the incumbent Chief of Naval Operations. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 7International Affairs
Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President take all appropriate steps to negotiate with all other industrial nations an agreement for the creation of a Peace Development Fund whose purpose would be to underwrite the costs of implementing a Middle East peace. ↗
- A concurrent resolution calling upon the British Government to embark upon a new initiative for Ireland. ↗
Science, Technology, Communications
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend section 401(j) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that no air carrier shall discontinue service, in whole or in part, unless such discontinuance is found to be in the public interest by the Civil Aeronautics Board after public hearings. ↗
- A bill to amend section 401(j) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that no air carrier shall discontinue service, in whole or in part, unless such discontinuance is found to be in the public interest by the Civil Aeronautics Board after public hearings. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to make it clear that the reduction presently made in an individual's supplemental security income benefits on account of State payments for inpatient care which such individual is receiving, shall not apply where the institution involved is a sheltered care facility whose residents are ambulatory and do not require nursing care or medical supervision provided by such institution. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to taxing Social Security benefits. ↗
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