Michael McCaul

Michael McCaul, a Republican, has represented the Tenth Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.

Iraq War
In late June 2007, Rep. McCaul, along with Reps. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), and Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.), issued a letter to President Bush, urging him to reconstitute the Iraq Study Group. The bipartisan group referred to a provision included in the Foreign Operations appropriations bill passed by the House to provide $1 million to the U.S. Institute for Peace to reestablish the Iraq Study Group. The members worried whether the President would sign the bill with that amendment included. Rep. Udall stated that allowing the group to update their report would give the President, Congress, and the public an independent perspective on the situation in Iraq to compare with the report due by General Petraeus in September.

Environmental record
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Green Energy Education Act
On June 5, 2007, the House considered the Green Energy Education Act (H.R.1716), sponsored by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), which would authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies. The bill passed, 416-0.

Bio
McCaul was born January 14, 1962 in Dallas, Texas. He attained his B.S. from Trinity University in 1984 and his J.D. from St. Mary's University in 1987. He was a member of the Bush-Cheney transition team in 2000. He worked as an attorney and a federal prosecutor before running for the U.S. House in 2004. Lloyd Doggett originally held the post in District 10, but following redistricting, Doggett ran for Representative in District 25. McCaul easily won in the district with no Democratic opposition.

"As a federal prosecutor, McCaul fought public corruption and investigated the campaign finance scandal involving the People's Republic of China. He was the lead prosecutor in the federal case against Johnny Chung, a Taiwan-born businessman sentenced to probation and 3,000 hours of community service as part of a plea bargain for making nearly $30,000 in illegal contributions to Democrats, including $20,000 to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign.

Chung donated nearly $400,000 to Democratic candidates and causes between 1994 and 1996, but the money was returned after questions arose about its legality. Chung admitted to using "straw donors" to funnel money to the Clinton-Gore campaign and then reimbursing them."

2006 elections
In 2006, the Democrats nominated Ted Ankrum, and the Libertarian Party nominated Michael Badnarik to face Rehberg in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006)  McCaul retained his seat.

Money in politics
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Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

 * House Committee on Foreign Affairs
 * Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations
 * Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
 * House Committee on Homeland Security
 * Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterroris
 * Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology
 * Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight
 * House Committee on Science and Technology
 * Subcommittee on Environment and Energy
 * Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
 * House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * House Committee on Homeland Security
 * Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness Science and Technology
 * Subcommittee on Investigations - Chair
 * Subcommittee Management Integration and Oversight
 * House Committee on International Relations
 * Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
 * Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
 * House Committee on Science
 * Subcommittee on Research
 * Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

Articles and resources

 * Official website
 * Campaign website
 * Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Ted Ankrum
 * Burnt Orange Report