Rep. Bill Owens
Rep. Bill Owens
New York
District 21
Democrat
89%
2014 Score
96%
Average House Democrat
81%
Lifetime Score
— Voted with working people
— Voted against working people
— Did not vote| Date | Key Vote | Vote |
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Aug
01
2014
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Prohibition of Funding for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals H.R. 5272 which, if enacted, would have denied funding to issue deferred action and work permits to any new or pending DACA-eligible youth applicants. |
Right
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Aug
01
2014
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Secure the Southwest Border Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 The AFL-CIO opposed the Supplemental Border Appropriations bill. While additional funding was necessary to care for child refugees arriving in 2014 from Central America, the funding levels in H.R. 5230 did not adequately ensure that children eligible for protective status were identified and not returned to dangerous situations. |
Right
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Jul
25
2014
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Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014 This legislation expands eligibility for the Child Tax Credit (CTC) by raising the threshold to $150,000 per year, but fails to permanently extend an expiring provision that allows low income families to access the credit. |
Right
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Jul
10
2014
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Amendment to Repeal Prevailing Wage Laws This amendment to the Energy and Water Development Act, 2015 (H.R. 4923) would have repealed Davis-Bacon coverage for projects funded under this bill. |
Right
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Jun
10
2014
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Amendment to Defund California's High-Speed Rail Project This amendment singles out one project in a single state--California's high-speed rail--from receiving any funds appropriated in a bill that was supposed to fund our nation's transportation needs. |
Not Voting
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Jun
10
2014
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Amendment to Limit Federal Employees' Collective Bargaining Rights The Gringey Amendment would bar the use of funds provided by the bill to pay a federal employee during any period when that employee is using "official time" to represent a union or its bargaining unit employees. |
Right
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Jun
09
2014
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Amendment to Defund Amtrak Rep. Paul Broun's amendment would arbitrarily cut Amtrak's operating funding by $34 million. The base bill already makes unacceptable cuts to Amtrak's capital budget, endangering the efficiency of the system and delaying urgently needed improvements to infrastructure and rail cars that are urgently needed. |
Not Voting
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May
30
2014
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Amendment to Prevent Contracts with Fair Labor Standard Violators This amendment would bar the use of funds provided by the bill to enter into contracts with vendors in violation of fair labor standards. |
Right
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May
22
2014
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Amendment to Prohibit Department of Defense Insourcing Functions Rep. Lynn Jenkins' (R-Ks.) amendment to H.R. 4435, the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that would effectively prohibit the Department of Defense (DoD) from insourcing functions that were performed by contractor employees before the date of NDAA's enactment. |
Right
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Apr
10
2014
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FY2015 Budget Resolution This budget resolution would cut taxes for millionaires and corporations that send jobs overseas, and pay for those tax cuts by cutting programs that serve the middle class and low-income families. |
Right
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Feb
27
2014
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ALERRT Act of 2014 The Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act (ALERRT) combined four measures, all of which were designed to stop, delay or weaken new protections, and further tilt the regulatory process in favor of business groups. |
Wrong
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