Edolphus Towns
Democrat
NY
Representative, 10th District
Last year in office: 2013
Edolphus Towns is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 10th Congressional District. Towns first took office in Congress in 1983 and left office in 2013.
Edolphus Towns: Voting Record & Political Positions
Edolphus Towns's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 124 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 3144, 139 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Edolphus Towns Votes On
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Defense Spending
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Foreign Aid
How Edolphus Towns Voted on Recent Bills
- Yea on “"Fiscal cliff" bill” (2013-01-02) — Failed
- Yea on “Andrew P. Carpenter Tax Act” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Nay on “To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.” (2012-09-19) — Passed
- Yea on “Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012” (2012-08-02) — Failed
- Yea on “To amend title 5, United States Code, to make clear that accounts in the Thrift Savings Fund are subject to certain Federal tax levies.” (2012-08-01) — Passed
- Not Voting on “Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2011” (2012-07-31) — Passed