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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 6233 - Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012
Legislation (Nay)

Aug. 2, 2012 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide compensation to eligible producers on a farm for livestock losses that resulted from either of the following ...

HR 1837 - Water Resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley
Legislation (Nay)

Feb. 29, 2012 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to allocate water for irrigation purposes to existing Central Valley Project water service contractors within the Sacramento River ...

HR 1633 - Limits Regulation of Farm Dust
Legislation (Nay)

Dec. 8, 2011 - Exempts "nuisance dust" from regulation under the Clean Air Act, except for those geographic areas where the dust is not regulated by a state, ...

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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 American Farm Bureau Federation Positions 7%
2009-2010 National Farmers Union Positions 100%
2009-2010 American Farm Bureau Federation Positions 33%
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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)

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