Melvin L. Watt on Financial Regulation

DemocratNC

Financial Regulation124 votes · 61.3/100 consistent

RegulateDeregulate

312 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Financial Regulation. 124 of them counted toward the score above: 76 toward “Regulate” and 48 toward “Deregulate”.

The other 188 did not count: 183 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 5 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.

Date	What was voted on	Voted	Counted as
2013-12-04	To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposesH.R. 1105 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2013-12-04	To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposesH.R. 1105 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-12-04	Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation ActH.R. 1105 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-11-13	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013H.R. 982 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-11-13	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013H.R. 982 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Regulate
2013-11-13	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013H.R. 982 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-11-13	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013H.R. 982 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-11-13	Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013H.R. 982 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-10-30	To amend provisions in section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to Federal assistance for swaps entitiesH.R. 992 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2013-10-30	To amend provisions in section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to Federal assistance for swaps entitiesH.R. 992 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Regulate
2013-10-29	Retail Investor Protection ActH.R. 2374 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2013-10-29	Retail Investor Protection ActH.R. 2374 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Regulate
2013-10-29	Retail Investor Protection ActH.R. 2374 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-09-10	National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform ActH.R. 1155 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2013-07-08	To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to prohibit the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or require the use of different auditors on a rotating basisH.R. 1564 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2013-07-08	To require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to conduct a study of the likely effects of the differences between the United States and other jurisdictions in implementing the derivatives credit valuation adjustment capital requirementH.R. 1341 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-12	To provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps, and for other purposesH.R. 1038 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Deregulate
2013-06-12	Swap Jurisdiction Certainty ActH.R. 1256 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2013-06-12	Swap Jurisdiction Certainty ActH.R. 1256 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-06-12	To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such ActsH.R. 742 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Regulate
2013-06-12	To provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposesH.R. 634 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2013-05-17	To improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and ordersH.R. 1062 · 113th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2013-05-17	To improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and ordersH.R. 1062 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Regulate
2013-05-17	SEC Regulatory Accountability ActH.R. 1062 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2013-05-17	SEC Regulatory Accountability ActH.R. 1062 · 113th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2013-05-15	To amend a provision of the Securities Act of 1933 directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to add a particular class of securities to those exempted under such Act to provide a deadline for such actionH.R. 701 · 113th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2012-12-05	To strike the word “lunatic” from Federal law, and for other purposesS. 2367 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-11-15	Mark Twain Commemorative Coin ActH.R. 2453 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-09-10	Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin ActH.R. 2139 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-07-25	To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposesH.R. 459 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Nay	Deregulate
2012-07-09	To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machineH.R. 4367 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Deregulate
2012-04-18	Mark Twain Commemorative Coin ActH.R. 2453 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-27	To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companiesH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Deregulate
2012-03-26	Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization ActH.R. 2682 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2012-03-26	To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 2779 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2012-03-21	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation’s first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals ServiceH.R. 886 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-08	To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companiesH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2012-03-08	To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companiesH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-08	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-08	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-07	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-07	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-07	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2012-03-07	Jumpstart Our Business StartupsH.R. 3606 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-12-15	To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Nation’s first Federal law enforcement agency, the United States Marshals Service.H.R. 886 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-29	National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension ActH.R. 2192 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-03	To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for a certain exemption under Regulation DH.R. 2940 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Deregulate
2011-11-03	To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for a certain exemption under Regulation DH.R. 2940 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-03	Access to Capital for Job Creators ActH.R. 2940 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-03	To amend the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, and for other purposesH.R. 2930 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2011-11-03	To amend the securities laws to provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, and for other purposesH.R. 2930 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-03	Entrepreneur Access to Capital ActH.R. 2930 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-11-02	Small Company Capital Formation ActH.R. 1070 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2011-11-02	To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposesH.R. 1965 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Deregulate
2011-10-26	National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin ActH.R. 2527 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial ProtectionH.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Passage	Nay	Regulate
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial ProtectionH.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to rescind the unobligated funding for the FHA Refinance Program and to terminate the program, and for other purposes.H.R. 1315 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1315) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposesH.Res. 358 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-07-21	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1315) to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the review authority of the Financial Stability Oversight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposesH.Res. 358 · 112th Congress · On Question of Consideration of the Resolution	Nay	Direction not readable
2011-07-18	Church Plan Investment Clarification ActH.R. 33 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2010-09-29	Medical Debt Relief ActH.R. 3421 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Regulate
2010-09-23	Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment	Yea	Regulate
2010-07-28	To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estateH.R. 5827 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-06-30	Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009H.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Regulate
2010-06-30	Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009H.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit the Conference Report with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-06-30	Rule providing for the consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.Res. 1490 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-06-17	Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-06-17	Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-06-17	Small Business Jobs Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-06-17	Small Business Jobs Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-06-17	Small Business Jobs Act of 2010H.R. 5297 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2010-06-14	To amend the effective date of the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009H.R. 5502 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Deregulate
2010-06-09	Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009H.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Nay	Direction not readable
2010-04-20	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Financial Literacy Month, 2010, and for other purposesH.Res. 1257 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009H.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Regulate
2009-12-11	The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009H.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-11	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActH.R. 4173 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-10	Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, and for other purposesH.Res. 964 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-09	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4173) to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives, markets, and for other purposesH.Res. 956 · 111th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-12-02	To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Assets Relief ProgramH.R. 1242 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Regulate
2009-11-04	Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009H.R. 3639 · 111th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Regulate
2009-11-04	Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009H.R. 3639 · 111th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable

Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Regulate / Deregulate axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.