DemocratHouse · Pennsylvania District 12
Murtha, John P.
1973 first electedLeft office 201037 years servedBorn 1932M
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Based on bills Murtha, John P. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 11Taxation
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a deduction from gross income for expenses paid by him for the education of any of his dependents at an institution of higher learning. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a deduction for clothing purchased and used by taxpayers serving in volunteer firefighting organizations. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Arts, Culture, Religion
Cosponsored 8Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5- A joint resolution providing for convening of the first regular session of the 97th Congress on January 5, 1981, and for other purposes. ↗
- A resolution amending clause 4(e) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer to panels of Members of the House selected by lot the authority of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to make findings and recommendations respecting alleged violations by Members, officers, or employees of the House of Representatives of the Code of Official Conduct or of any law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of Members, officers, and employees of the House. ↗
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 7Health
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 5- A bill to apply for a three-year period the quantitative limitations (formerly in effect as escape-clause actions) on the importation of specialty steel products. ↗
- A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to repeal the special tariff treatment accorded to articles assembled abroad with components produced in the United States. ↗
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