RepublicanVice President ·
Dan Quayle
1989 first electedLeft office 19934 years served
Issues
Based on bills Dan Quayle sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Cosponsored 15- A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a special calendar to which all reported bills involving certain violations of the Congressional Budget Act must be referred for a specified period prior to their consideration by the House, and to impose additional reporting requirements on committees to expedite referrals to such calendar and facilitate its use. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 96th Congress be an oversight Congress. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 14- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for contributions for the construction or maintenance of buildings housing fraternal organizations. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to $6,000 the exclusion from taxable gifts for gifts made during a calendar year by a donor to a person. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 12- A concurrent resolution expressing the appreciation to the Government of Canada for its support and assistance in securing the safe release of American embassy personnel from Iran. ↗
- 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. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reaffirm the fact that benefits payable thereunder are exempt from all taxation. ↗
- A bill to extend from 5 to 10 years the period during which individuals becoming eligible for government pensions may qualify for an exemption from the pension offset provisions of the Social Security Act. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 9Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authorization for certain expiring health care programs of the Veterans' Administration, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to State and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from issuing any rule, regulation, or order relating to certain aspects of the control of navigable airspace. ↗
- Federal Aviation Regulatory Review Act of 1979 ↗
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