RepublicanHouse · New York District 22
Solomon, Gerald B. H.
1979 first electedLeft office 199920 years servedBorn 1930M
Issues
Based on bills Solomon, Gerald B. H. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 17- A concurrent resolution calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to cooperate with efforts to resolve the Cambodian crisis. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should announce that unless the U.S. hostages being held in Tehran are released unharmed by a date certain, the United States will initiate specified military operations against Iran. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 15- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a credit against income tax for up to $750 of the cost of purchasing a new highway vehicle. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit an exemption of the first $10,000 of retirement income received by a taxpayer under a public retirement system or any other system if the taxpayer is at least 65 year of age. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 3Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 6Energy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 7Social Welfare
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 2Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 7- A concurrent resolution requesting the President to publicly condemn the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and to request the United Nations to consider the imposition of sanctions against the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, for violating the fundamental human rights of the people of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. ↗
- A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel, and for other purposes. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to revise the State trigger provisions of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation program. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the new regulations of the Department of Labor with respect to the health and safety training of miners places an undue burden on small operators. ↗
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