DemocratHouse · Missouri District 9
Volkmer, Harold L.
1977 first electedLeft office 199720 years servedBorn 1931M
Issues
Based on bills Volkmer, Harold L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 9International Affairs
Cosponsored 9- A concurrent resolution urging the President to terminate the Maritime Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unless the Soviet Union withdraws its military presence from Afghanistan. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations should take such steps as are necessary to bring the matter of the seizure of the United States Embassy in Tehran before either the Security Council, as a threat to the maintenance of international peace and security, or the General Assembly, in order that the community of nations may take any and all action which is necessary to bring this breach of international law to an immediate end. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 8Energy
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to extend from May 1982 to October 1982 the month before which children not otherwise entitled to child's insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act by reason of the amendments made by section 2210 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 must attend postsecondary schools in order to qualify under subsection (c) of such section for entitlement to such benefits and to extend from August 1985 to August 1986 to the month before which any such entitlement terminates. ↗
- A joint resolution designating the week of October 7, 1979, through October 13, 1979, as "National Respect Life Week". ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 6Arts, Culture, Religion
Cosponsored 6Immigration
Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should temporarily suspend the entry into the United States of aliens who are nationals of the Islamic Republic of Iran, except in individual circumstances of grave humanitarian concern. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the prompt deportation or removal from the United States of aliens who have engaged in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States. ↗
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