DemocratHouse · New York District 17
Weiss, Ted
1977 first electedLeft office 199316 years servedBorn 1927M
Issues
Based on bills Weiss, Ted sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 11- A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to permit persons to bring suits under the Act in Federal district courts without regard to whether any proceedings have been commenced by or on behalf of such persons under State law, and for other purposes. ↗
- Federal Privacy of Telephone Records Act ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 6Education
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 5Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to permit citizen suits to recover records wrongfully removed from agency files. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should withdraw a proposed reduction in public notice and comment opportunities. ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4- A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that all bills and resolutions have titles which accurately reflect their contents and all subject matters contained therein. ↗
- A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that all bills and resolutions have titles which accurately reflect their contents and all subject matters contained therein. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- a bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to permit persons to bring suits under the Act in Federal district courts without regard to whether any proceedings have been commenced by or on behalf of such persons under the State Law, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the benefit reduction presently applicable to individuals receiving support and maintenance from families with whom they are living, to continue SSI payments for three months when a beneficiary is institutionalized, to provide for the monitoring of the SSI trial work period provisions, and to make it clear that SSI benefits (for up to three months) may be paid on the basis of presumptive mental (as well as physical) disability. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require a specific judicial order for entry of premises to intercept a wire or oral communication under chapter 119 of such title. ↗
- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require a specific judicial order for entry of premises to intercept a wire or oral communication under chapter 119 of such title. ↗
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