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John W. Olver

Full Name: John W. Olver
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rose; 1 Child: Martha
Birth Date: 09/03/1936
Birth Place: Honesdale, PA
Home City: Amherst, MA

Recent Key Votes

HR 3803 - District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Legislation (Nay)

July 31, 2012 - Prohibits an abortion, or attempted abortion, in the District of Columbia if the fetus has reached a probable post-fertilization age of 20 weeks or ...

HR 5855 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for 2013
Legislation (Nay)

June 7, 2012 - Prohibits funds appropriated to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from being used in certain circumstances including, but not limited to, the following ...

HR 3541 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2012
Legislation (Nay)

May 31, 2012 - Prohibits abortions sought due to the sex, gender, color, or race of the fetus, or the race of a parent of the fetus (Sec. ...

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Recent Public Statements

Letter to President Obama - Medicare Eligibility

Dec. 13, 2012 - Today, Congressmen Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), and 88 House Democrats urged President Obama to reject House Republican efforts to raise the Medicare eligibility ...

Letter to King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa

Oct. 16, 2012 - Last week, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) authored a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the King of Bahrain expressing concern about the Bahraini highest court's refusal to ...

Legislative Updates from September and October

Oct. 10, 2012 - On September 4, I signed onto a resolution rejecting the provisions in the House Republican-proposed Farm Bill that would have made ruinous cuts to the ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011-2012 National Right to Life Committee Positions 0%
2012 Planned Parenthood Positions 100%
2011 National Right to Life Committee Positions 0%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $354,062.01
Total Spent $207,267.03
Cash On Hand $205,422.57
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 09/30/2011
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

John Olver has 100% Political Courage

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View John W. Olver's Massachusetts Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test
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