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Melvin 'Mel' Luther Watt's Political Summary on Issue: Housing and Property

Mel Watt
Full Name: Melvin 'Mel' Luther Watt
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Eulada; 2 Children: Brian, Jason
Birth Date: 08/26/1945
Birth Place: Charlotte, North Carolina
Home City: Charlotte, NC
Religion: Presbyterian - Christian

Issue Category:

Data Type:

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06/05/2013
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 121 - Delays National Flood Insurance Premiums Increases
12/11/2012
Letter:

Letter to President Obama, House and Senate Leadership
08/06/2012
Rating:

Mel Watt was rated 29% by Global Exchange (Percent Loyalty to Finance, Insurance, Real Estate Lobby)
09/08/2011
Letter:

Letter to Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Dicks, Chairman Latham and Ranking Member Olver
03/29/2011
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 839 - Terminating the Home Affordable Modification Program
03/16/2011
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 861 - Terminating the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
03/11/2011
Floor Speech:

Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 836 - Terminating the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program
03/10/2011
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 830 - Terminating the Federal Housing Administration Refinance Program
01/01/2011
Issue Position:

Issue Position: Predatory Lending & Foreclosures
12/17/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 5510 - Aiding Those Facing Foreclosure Act
12/16/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 786 - Amending the Estate Tax
09/16/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 4785 - Authorizing Loans for Energy Efficiency Purposes
07/28/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 5827 - Exempting Guns from an Estate for Bankruptcy Purposes
07/15/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 5114 - Flood Insurance Program Extension
06/30/2010
Speech:

Conference Report on H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Conference Report Vote) - HR 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
06/10/2010
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 684 - Increasing Minimum Down Payment for Federal Housing Administration Mortgages
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 686 - Limiting Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Issuance
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 688 - Limiting Principal Obligation Amounts of Federal Housing Administration Mortgages
12/03/2009
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 4154 - Estate Tax Law Amendments and Reinstatement of PAYGO
11/05/2009
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) - HR 3548 - Extending Federal Emergency Unemployment Benefits and Providing Business and Homebuyer Tax Credits
05/07/2009
Floor Speech:

Mortgage Reform And Anti Predatory Lending Act
05/06/2009
Floor Speech:

Mortgage Reform And Anti Predatory Lending Act
03/05/2009
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 1106 - Mortgage Restructuring In Bankruptcy
01/21/2009
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 384 - Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program
11/03/2008
News Article:

Winston-Salem Journal - Watt, Cobb Disagree On Bailout Plan
10/03/2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) - HR 1424 - Financial Asset Purchase Authority and Tax Law Amendments
09/30/2008
Press Release:

Congressman Watt Responds to Yesterday's House Vote on the Economic Rescue Package
09/29/2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Concurrence Vote With Amendment) - HR 3997 - Financial Asset Purchase Authority
07/23/2008
Speech:

Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Concurrence Vote With Amendment) - HR 3221 - Housing Bill with Energy Tax Credit Extensions
06/25/2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Nay (Passage) - HR 2176 - Bay Mills Indian Community Land Claim Bill
05/08/2008
Speech:

Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Amendment Vote) - H Amdt 1045 - Undocumented Immigrants' Ineligibility for Certain Financial Assistance
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Amendment Vote) - HR 3221 - Housing Bill with Energy Tax Credit Extensions
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Amendment Vote) - HR 3221 - Housing Bill with Energy Tax Credit Extensions
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 5818 - Assistance to States for Purchasing Foreclosed Homes
04/16/2008
Interview:

Hearing of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community and Opportunity of the House Committee on Financial Services - H.R. 5679, The Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act of 2008
02/07/2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Concurrence Vote) - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus Plan
01/29/2008
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 5140 - Economic Stimulus Plan
01/17/2008
Speech:

Hope VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007
12/13/2007
Statement:

Hearing of the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee - Intellectual Property Act of 2007

11/15/2007
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 3915 - Mortgage Reform and Anti-Subprime Lending Act
11/08/2007
Vote:

Mel Watt did not vote - HR 3355 - Homeowners' Catastrophic Insurance Act of 2007
10/22/2007
Press Release:

Comprehensive Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Legislation Introduced in the House
10/18/2007
Interview:

Hearing of Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, & Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee - International Piracy:Intellectual Property
10/10/2007
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 2895 - National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007
10/04/2007
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 3648 - Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007
09/18/2007
Vote:

Mel Watt voted Yea (Passage) - HR 1852 - Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

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