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 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Aug 7, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 92% Americans for Prosperity: 88% FreedomWorks: 80% NumbersUSA: 76% The Club for Growth: 56% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 4% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Michael McCaul sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ranking Member
House Committee on Homeland Security

Enacted Legislation

McCaul was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 11 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 (55%) Emergency Management (17%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 3877: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019

Passed 284/149 on Jul 25, 2019.

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 2157: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019

Passed 257/150 on May 10, 2019.

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

McCaul voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

McCaul voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 2142 (111th): GPRA Modernization Act of 2010

Passed 216/139 on Dec 21, 2010.

McCaul voted Yea

H.Res. 1184 (111th): Congratulating the 2009-2010 University of Maryland Men’s Basketball Team, Greivis Vasquez, and Coach Gary Williams on an ...

Passed 279/132 on Mar 17, 2010.

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 905 (111th): Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act

Passed 286/107 on Sep 29, 2009.

McCaul voted Aye

H.R. 965 (111th): Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act

Passed 311/107 on Sep 10, 2009.

McCaul voted Aye

H.R. 1752 (111th): To provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may ...

Failed 282/144 on Jul 30, 2009.

McCaul voted Yea

H.R. 911 (111th): Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2009

Passed 295/102 on Feb 23, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jul 2020, McCaul missed 233 of 10,969 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	13	4.8%	69^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	1	0.6%	16^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	2	0.7%	19^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	4	2.5%	56^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	76^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	10	4.7%	82^nd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	2	0.5%	17^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	12	3.8%	78^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	6	2.3%	41^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	4	2.7%	43^rd
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%	35^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	11	4.1%	77^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	23	9.3%	89^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	40^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	57^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	32^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	16^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	2	1.3%	43^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	8	2.7%	63^rd
2012 Jul-Sep	152	5	3.3%	73^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	37^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	64^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	7	3.3%	66^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	4	2.0%	58^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	76^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	4	2.7%	59^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	1	0.7%	27^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	56^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%	73^rd
2016 Apr-Jun	204	8	3.9%	70^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	54^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	7	14.6%	95^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	13	6.2%	87^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	4	2.0%	73^rd
2017 Oct-Dec	167	3	1.8%	51^st
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	1	1.0%	41^st
2018 Nov-Dec	85	1	1.2%	33^rd
2019 Jan-Mar	136	2	1.5%	49^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	2	0.7%	36^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	1	0.8%	55^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	1	1.0%	35^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Jul	45	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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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