RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 5
Schulze, Richard T.
1975 first electedLeft office 199318 years servedBorn 1929M
Issues
Based on bills Schulze, Richard T. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Cosponsored 17- 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 to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to allow articles withdrawn from a bonded manufacturing warehouse to be delivered into successive bonded storage warehouses located anywhere in the United States for the purpose of exportation, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to extend for an additional temporary period the existing suspension of duties on certain classifications of yarns of silk. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the requirement that operating capacity must increase for purposes of the energy credit allowed for intercity buses, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Revenue Act of 1978 to provide that the inclusion in gross income of certain amounts of unemployment compensation shall not apply to unemployment compensation which is payable by reason of a work stoppage in 1973 but which was not paid until 1979. ↗
Commerce
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 3Congress
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a six-year term for the President and the Vice President, to limit the number of terms the President and the Vice President may serve, to provide for three-year terms for Representatives, to limit the number of consecutive terms Senators and Representatives may serve, and to provide a maximum age for persons serving as President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that it is incumbent upon the Attorney General to initiate an investigation in order to determine whether the officially substantiated allegations involving the Chief Executive and at least one former Cabinet level official warrant further investigation or prosecution by a special prosecutor. ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Cosponsored 5- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt. ↗
- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that appropriations made by the United States shall not exceed its revenues, except in time of war or national emergency; and to provide for the systematic paying back of the national debt. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments in the reduced SSI payments which are made to individuals in certain medical institutions. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder. ↗
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