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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 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): ...

HR 2117 - Repeals Department of Education Regulations
Legislation (Nay)

Feb. 28, 2012 - Repeals the requirement that states authorize institutions of postsecondary education (Sec. 2). Repeals the definition of credit hour, which was previously defined ...

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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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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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