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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 6429 - STEM Jobs Act of 2012
Legislation (Nay)

Nov. 30, 2012 - Repeals the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, which provides visas to 55,000 randomly selected qualified immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the ...

HR 6429 - STEM Jobs Act of 2012
Legislation (Nay)

Sept. 20, 2012 - Repeals the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, which provides visas to 55,000 randomly selected qualified immigrants from countries with low rates of immigration to the ...

HR 4628 - Extending Student Loan Interest Rates
Legislation (Nay)

April 27, 2012 - Extends the following interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans made to undergraduates from July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013 (Sec. 2): ...

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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 National Association for College Admission Counseling Positions 100%
2011 National Education Association Positions A
2010 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Positions 100%
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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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