DemocratHouse · Wisconsin District 5
Reuss, Henry S.
1955 first electedLeft office 198328 years servedBorn 1912M
Issues
Based on bills Reuss, Henry S. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 14- A bill to repeal the increases in social security taxes which are presently scheduled to go into effect in 1981 and 1982, with the social security trust funds fully protected, through appropriations from the general fund in the Treasury, against any revenue losses they might otherwise sustain as a result of such repeal. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce the tax effect known as the marriage penalty by permitting the deduction, without regard to whether deductions are itemized, of 10 percent of the earned income of the spouse whose earned income is lower than that of the other spouse. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4- A joint resolution to designate the 16th day of March of each year, the anniversary of the birth date of James Madison, as "Freedom of Information Day". ↗
- A resolution authorizing the printing as a House document of the committee print entitled "Proposition 13: Prelude to Fiscal Crisis or New Opportunities?". ↗
Finance and Financial Sector
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 4Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 8Congress
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3Labor and Employment
Sponsored 6Private Legislation
Sponsored 5Agriculture and Food
Cosponsored 5- A resolution to encourage the strengthening of U.S. farmer cooperatives, as a key to preserving the free enterprise, small-farmer system which has proven to be the most efficient system of food and fiber production in history. ↗
- A resolution to encourage the strengthening of U.S. farmer cooperatives, as a key to preserving the free enterprise, small-farmer system which has proven to be the most efficient system of food and fiber production in history. ↗
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