RepublicanHouse · Iowa District 2
Tauke, Thomas Joseph
1979 first electedLeft office 199112 years servedBorn 1950M
Issues
Based on bills Tauke, Thomas Joseph sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 15 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the maximum reduction in valuation under the special estate tax valuation for certain farm, small business etc., real property shall be increased to $1,000,000 and to provide an inflation adjustment for such amount. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes to provide that $500,000 of property shall be exempt from such taxes, and to provide an inflation adjustment of such amount. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 11- A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the aggregate volume of honorariums which may be accepted in any calendar year by certain employees of the House of Representatives from any particular individual or organization, and to impose certain limits with respect to the outside earned income permissible for certain of such employees. ↗
- A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to impose certain limitations on the value of honorariums which may be accepted by a person employed by a Member, or by a committee, of the House of Representatives. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to establish a standby national set-aside program to provide middle distillates to meet shortages in agricultural production and agricultural transportation requirements. ↗
- A bill to provide for the collection and publication of information on middle distillate supply and demand within each of the states. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 9- 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 expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the well-being of the American hostages in Iran. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Cosponsored 9- A concurrent resolution urging the President of the United States to enter into trade negotiations with representatives of the Government of Japan with respect to the establishment of Japanese auto production facilities in the United States in lieu of American import quotas on Japanese cars, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution relative to Japan-United States trade. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to increase the dollar amount of the resources which an individual or couple may have and still be eligible for SSI benefits, and to provide for periodic cost-of-living increases in such dollar amount. ↗
- a bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that interest on savings accounts (and other amounts similarly paid on deposits in financial institutions), if less than $60 in a calendar quarter, shall be excluded in determining an individual's income for eligibility and benefit purposes under the SSI program. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that absentee ballots and certain other voting materials pertaining to absentee ballots may be mailed free of postage. ↗
- A bill to designate the Department of Commerce Building in Washington, the District of Columbia, as the "Herbert Clark Hoover Department of Commerce Building". ↗
Election History
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