Michael McCaul, Representative for Texas's 10th Congressional District

McCaul is the representative for Texas’s 10^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. McCaul is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for McCaul.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McCaul is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McCaul has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 93% Americans for Prosperity: 87% FreedomWorks: 80% NumbersUSA: 76% The Club for Growth: 66% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 6% American Civil Liberties Union: 0% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Michael McCaul sits on the following committees:

Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on The Western Hemisphere

Enacted Legislation

McCaul was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

View All »

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McCaul sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

International Affairs (29%) Emergency Management (21%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Health (11%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Immigration (7%) Taxation (7%) Science, Technology, Communications (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of McCaul’s most recently sponsored bills include...

View All » | View Cosponsors »

Voting Record

Key Votes

McCaul’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Yea	H.Res. 1184 (111th): Congratulating the 2009-2010 University of Maryland Men’s Basketball Team, Greivis Vasquez, and Coach Gary Williams on an ... Mar 17, 2010. Passed 279/132.
Aye	H.R. 1752 (111th): To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may ... Jul 30, 2009. Failed 282/144.
Nay	H.R. 556 (110th): Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 Jul 11, 2007. Passed 370/45.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jul 2018, McCaul missed 225 of 9,918 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	73^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	17^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	21^st
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	59^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	78^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	82^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	2	0.5%	19^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	12	3.8%	76^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	39^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	42^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	23^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	6	2.9%	55^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	5	2.9%	61^st
2009 Apr-Jun	303	4	1.3%	33^rd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	80^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	23	9.3%	89^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	39^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	61^st
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	45^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	34^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	34^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	44^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	8	2.7%	64^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	73^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	38^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	67^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	7	3.3%	67^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	62^nd
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	78^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	4	2.7%	60^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	28^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	55^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	10	7.3%	74^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	70^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	55^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	7	14.6%	95^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	13	6.3%	87^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	72^nd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	48^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	17^th
2018 Jul-Jul	15	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Michael McCaul is pronounced:

MĪ-kul // muh-KAWL

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AW aw	law
Ī ī	eye
K k	king
L l	leg
M m	man
U u	cup
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

Rep. Michael McCaul

Links

Follow GovTrack on social media for more updates:

On GovTrack Insider:

I have an opinion I want to share.

I need help, have a question, or want to schedule a tour.