F1: Correspondence, 1985, Health, Research Funding
Topics include Alzheimer’s Disease, National Institute of Health (NIH) funding, and diabetes.
Correspondents include J. Frank James.
F2: Correspondence, 1985, Health, Tax-Exempt Financing for Non-Profit Hospitals
F3: Correspondence, 1985, Housing
Correspondents include Melvin C. Hall.
F4-5: Correspondence, 1985, Housing, Low-Income Housing
Topics include Fred Factory Gardens, public housing, handicapped housing, Candle Lake Senior Citizens Center, Danforth Senior Citizens Center, Reding Senior Citizens Center, and Classen Senior Citizens Center.
Correspondents include J. Frank James.
F6: Correspondence, 1985, Indians
Topics include Johnson-O’Malley program, education, gaming on Indian lands (HR 3130), housing, and health care.
Correspondents include M. M. Chouteau, C. O. Tillman, John Hair, Enoch Kelly Haney, Edgar L. French, Ross O. Swimmer, and Hollis E. Roberts.
F7: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary
Topics include Mail Order Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, Legal Services Corporation, Product Liability Act, liability lawsuits, and drunk driving.
F8: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Abortion
Topics include Silent Scream (film), Human Life amendment, federal funding of abortions, pro-life, and pro-choice.
F9-10: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Abortion, Family Planning (HR 2232)
Topics include Title X, Planned Parenthood, federal funding of abortion, Kemp-Hatch amendment, and abortion counseling.
F11: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Abortion, Tauke-Sensenbrenner Amendment (HR 700)
F12: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Abortion, Unborn Children’s Civil Rights Act (HR 555)
F13: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Children
Topics include child abuse, missing children, and child pornography.
F14: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Civil Rights Restoration Act (HR 700)
Topics include Grove City v. Bell and pay equity.
Correspondents include Melvin C. Hall and Bob R. Agee.
F15: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Civil Rights Restoration Act (HR 700), Opinion Ballots
F16: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Crime
Topics include sentencing, death penalty, and Regional Organized Crime Information Center.
F17: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Debt Collection
Topics include loophole in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1977 (HR 237).
Correspondents include
F18: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Equal Access to Justice Act
Topics include small businesses recouping legal fees from litigation with the federal government and extension of the Equal Access to Justice Act (HR5479).
F19: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Gay Bill of Rights (HR 230)
F20-21: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Gun Control
Topics include McClure-Volkmer Firearms Owners’ Protection Act (HR 945), hunting, outlawing readily-convertible firearms (HR 2024), discharge petition, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF).
F22: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Immigration and Refugees
Topics include Iranian Baha’i and amnesty to illegal aliens.
F23: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Line-Item Veto
Correspondents include Dwight P. Friedrich.
F24: Correspondence, 1985, Judiciary, Terrorism
Topics include airplane hijacking and TWA Flight #847 in Lebanon.
F25: Correspondence, 1985, Labor
Topics include union violence, Hobbs Anti-Violence Act, comparable worth (HR 3008), Construction Industry Labor Amendment Act (HR 281), and Youth Opportunity Wage bill (HR 1811).
Correspondents include Rodger A. Randle.
F26: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Fair Labor Standards Act (S. 1570)
Topics include state and local government employees, overtime, and comp time.
Correspondents include Arch Robbins and John H. Stauffacher.
F27: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Job Corps
Topics include Guthrie (Okla.) Job Corps Center and Work Experience Program (WEP).
F28-29: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Right-to-Work
F30: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Right-to-Work, Mickey Edwards Mass Mailing
F31: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (HR 983)
F32: Correspondence, 1985, Labor, Workers’ Compensation (HR 3175)
F33: Correspondence, 1985, Postal Service
Topics include revenue foregone, postage rates for nonprofit organizations, and postal rate increases.
F34: Correspondence, 1985, Postal Service, Postal Employees
Topics include repealing Private Express Statutes (HR 86), Medicare tax (HR 193), repealing Hatch Act restrictions on political activities (HR 283), retirement contributions, and cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs).
F35: Correspondence, 1985, Science and Technology
Topics include space shuttle and NEXRAD.
Correspondents include Terry Young.
F36-40: Correspondence, Taxes, 1985
Topics include tax reform, HR 4170, flat tax (HR 200), tax simplification, Ronald Reagan tax proposals, value-added tax (VAT), tax exemption for fraternal societies, personal exemption, tax-exempt bonds, business travel, company aircraft, and deductions. |
