DemocratHouse · Kentucky District 7
Perkins, Carl Dewey
1949 first electedLeft office 198536 years servedBorn 1912M
Issues
Based on bills Perkins, Carl Dewey sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Education
Sponsored 16 · Cosponsored 1Labor and Employment
Sponsored 14- A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide that certain amounts available for disbursements under section 424 of such Act shall be available for the payment of benefits and reimbursements in the case of miners whose last coal mine employment occurred before July 1, 1973. ↗
- Youth Act of 1980 ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 10International Affairs
Cosponsored 11- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Polish People's Republic should be permitted by other nations to settle their internal affairs by themselves without external intervention. ↗
- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to designate a Job Corps Center as the "Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center". ↗
- A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to prohibit the Postal Service from limiting regular daily mail delivery to fewer than six days each week, and for other purposes. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed practical nurses under medicare and medicaid. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder. ↗
Health
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 6Energy
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 2Election History
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