RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 16
Walker, Robert S.
1977 first electedLeft office 199720 years servedBorn 1942M
Issues
Based on bills Walker, Robert S. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 24- A bill to limit foreign assistance to programs relating to food production and nutrition and military assistance. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President, in the interests of national security, should immediately communicate to the government of the Soviet Union our insistence that it remove its military troops from Cuba and, until such time as the Soviet military presence is ended, that all proceedings with regard to the ratification of the proposed Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty be suspended. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain farmland if the owners of the farmland, in a covenant binding themselves and all future owners of their land, restrict the use of such land to use as farmland. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide to individuals who have attained the age of 62 a refundable credit against income tax for increases in property taxes and utility bills. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 2Energy
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6Private Legislation
Sponsored 6Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 5Congress
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- Resolution to authorize the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct an investigation to determine whether Members of the House of Representatives, their immediate families or their associates accepted anything of value, directly or indirectly from the Government of the Republic of Korea or representatives thereof. ↗
- Resolution establishing a select committee to investigate all acts of the Government of the Republic of Korea, or of persons representing Korean business interests, to influence Members of the House of Representatives or officers or employees of the Federal Government or State governments. ↗
Immigration
Cosponsored 5- 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 urging the President to immediately order the expulsion from this country of those Cuban immigrants who have participated in rioting and other civil disturbances at various processing centers. ↗
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