DemocratHouse · Mississippi District 1
Whitten, Jamie L.
1941 first electedLeft office 199528 years servedBorn 1910M
Issues
Based on bills Whitten, Jamie L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 27 · Cosponsored 3Arts, Culture, Religion
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 8Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide for determination through judicial proceedings of claims for compensation on account of disability or death resulting from disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty while serving in the active military or naval service, including those who served during peacetime, and for other purposes. ↗
- A joint resolution to authorize the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Incorporated, to erect a memorial. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 8- 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 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. ↗
Families
Cosponsored 8- A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week in November which includes Thanksgiving Day in each year as "National Family Week". ↗
- A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning November 23, 1980, as "National Family Week". ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title 39 of the United States Code to prohibit the Postal Service from limiting regular daily mail delivery to fewer than six days each week, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to protect the national security; protect the economic well-being of the American people including the Nation's present supplies and undeveloped sources of energy, fuel, food, and fiber from damage due to arbitrary and unsound regulation, order, or decision issued by any executive department, agency, or commission, and for other purposes. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow estates required to file estate tax returns before July 13, 1978, to elect the valuation of certain farm, etc., real property under section 2032A of such Code within 90 days after final regulations are adopted under such section. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitations on the amount of medical and dental expenses which may be deducted, to permit taxpayers to deduct such expenses, to arrive at their adjusted gross income, and for other purposes. ↗
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