DemocratHouse · Pennsylvania District 18
Walgren, Doug
1977 first electedLeft office 199114 years servedBorn 1940M
Issues
Based on bills Walgren, Doug sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Health
Sponsored 13 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend section 431 of the Public Health Service Act to provide funds to the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke for research in the area of regeneration of the spinal cord. ↗
- A bill to amend the Community Mental Health Centers Act to provide for further research and services with regard to victims of rape. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 14- 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 resolution urging the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to abolish the statute of limitations governing the prosecution of war crimes, or to amend the present statute of limitations to allow a period of time sufficient for the prosecution of those responsible for the horrors of the Holocaust. ↗
Emergency Management
Sponsored 7Private Legislation
Sponsored 6Labor and Employment
Sponsored 6- A bill to amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to expand the comprehensive systems approach to treatment of spinal cord injuries, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that certain amendments made by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to the extended unemployment compensation program shall not affect the amount of benefits payable under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals who have attained age 65 a refundable tax credit for amount paid for electricity or gas under automatic fuel adjustment clauses. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of oil and gas income. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, to limit year-end spending by executive agencies. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Richard M. Nixon should pay to the United States the sum of $66,614.03 for non-security-related improvements to his San Clemente estate and that the President and the Attorney General should attempt to recover such sum. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 5Election History
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