Major Owens
Democrat
NY
Representative, 11th District
Last year in office: 2007
Major Owens is a former Democratic U.S. Representative for New York's 11th Congressional District. Owens first took office in Congress in 1983 and left office in 2007.
Major Owens: Voting Record & Political Positions
Major Owens's Voting Record at a Glance
- Legislative effectiveness: sponsored 41 bills and sponsored or cosponsored 1884, 66 of which were enacted into law.
Top Issues Major Owens Votes On
- Taxation
- Health Insurance
- Defense Spending
- Immigration
- Infrastructure
- Public Housing
How Major Owens Voted on Recent Bills
- Yea on “Africa Investment Incentive Act of 2006” (2006-12-09) — Failed
- Nay on “Relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 6111) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the Tax Court may review claims for equitable innocent spouse relief and to suspend the running on the period of limitations while such claims are pending.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Nay on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6406) to modify temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, to extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes.” (2006-12-08) — Passed
- Yea on “Minimum Wage bill” (2006-07-29) — Failed
- Nay on “Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.” (2006-07-28) — Passed
- Nay on “Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes.” (2006-06-22) — Passed