Rep. William M. Thornberry

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Mac" Birthdate: b. 07/15/1958 Birthplace: Clarendon, TX District: represents TX-13 Political Party: Republican Religion: Presbyterian Education: JD, University of Texas, 1983 BA, History, Texas Tech University, 1980. Last elected in 2006 receiving 108,107 (74.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (23) country (21) security (15) oil (12) intelligence (12)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $366,565 (#459) Spent 73% (#274) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 77% (#43) From PACs 21% (#481) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 4 (#494) Total cost $12,840,000 (#416) Received 4 (#492) Total cost $12,429,000 (#395) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 65% right-wing (#46) Predictable 91% (#322) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 1 times (#477) Avg. length 944 words (#208) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 752 (#337) Introduced 68 (#245) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 78% (11/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Richard Ware $9,725 from February 22, 2001 to October 11, 2007 2 Genevieve Caldwell $9,550 from February 26, 2001 to December 5, 2007 3 Harry Patterson $9,100 from May 15, 2001 to January 10, 2008 4 L. R. Laroche $9,100 from October 1, 2001 to October 17, 2007 5 Kade Matthews $9,000 from February 22, 2001 to February 22, 2008 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $585,572 2 Retired $147,700 3 Homemaker $52,900 4 Amarillo National Bank $22,825 5 Bwxtpantex $11,150 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 2 Mr. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 3 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $5,000 4 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 5 Mr. Frank J Mckeown Dmd - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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