RepublicanHouse · Oklahoma District 3
Watkins, Wes
1977 first electedLeft office 200320 years servedBorn 1938M
Issues
Based on bills Watkins, Wes sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 17 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt independent producer oil from the windfall profit tax and to allow certain royalty owners the exemption for such oil. ↗
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for proration of the heavy vehicle use tax between purchasers of the same vehicle. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 10- Urging the President to oppose expansion of the Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq, condemning Saddam Hussein for the actions the Government of Iraq has taken against the Iraqi people and for its defiance of the United Nations, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
Finance and Financial Sector
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 6- Federal Reserve Act Amendments of 1980 ↗
- A bill to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to provide that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall not follow any practice or policy in the consideration of any application for the formation of a one-bank holding company if following such practice or policy would result in the rejection of such application solely because the transaction to form such one-bank holding company involves a bank stock loan for a period of not more than 25 years. ↗
Health
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- A resolution expressing the sense of the House opposing the transfer of the Forest Service and the Farmers Home Administration business and industry programs from USDA. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House opposing the transfer of the Forest Service and the Farmers Home Administration Business and industry programs. ↗
Immigration
Cosponsored 6- 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. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise his authority to restore the peaceful and orderly processing under the immigration laws of Cuban nationals who recently arrived in the United States and to remove, in accordance with law, from the United States those Cuban nationals who participate in acts of destruction or violence at the sites of such processing. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a review by the Congress of each rule and regulation issued to carry out any law and allowing the Congress to approve, modify, or disapprove such rule or regulation. ↗
- To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the deadline for the submission to the Federal Election Commission of campaign reports covering the first quarter of the calendar year. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4Election History
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