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William M. Thornberry

Headshot known as "Mac"
b. 1958-07-15 , Clarendon, TX
represents TX-13
Republican, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: JD, University of Texas, 1983 BA, History, Texas Tech University, 1980.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 108,107 (74.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $366,565 (#443)
Spent 73% (#206)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 76% (#39)
From PACs 20% (#464)

Earmarks

Requested 4 (#494)
Total cost $12,840,000 (#415)
Received 4 (#492)
Total cost $12,429,000 (#395)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 745 (#325)
Introduced 68 (#235)
Debated 3 (#381)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 1 times (#468)
Avg. length 944 words (#207)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 65% right-wing (#53)
Predictable 91% (#350)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
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)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400404 (GovTrack), N00006052 (OpenSecrets), T000238 (Congressional Bio), 29572 (ICPSR), 21706 (Vote Smart), H4TX13014 (FEC)