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Charles Boustany Jr. represents Louisiana's 7th Congressional District as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives since winning an open race in 2004.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 1.3 Oil Voting Record 2 Bio 2.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 3.1 Oil Contributions 4 Committees and Coalitions 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 Resources 7.2 See also 7.3 References 7.4 Articles 7.5 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Oil Voting Record

Charles Boustany Jr. has voted in favor of big oil companies on 91% of important oil-related bills. These include Iraq War Funding, Climate Change Studies, Clean Energy, and Ending Oil Subsidies. See below for oil money in politics.^{[citation needed]}

Bio

Charles Boustany Jr. was born February 21, 1956 in Lafayette, Louisiana where he currently resides. He was educated at the Louisiana State University (Bachelors, 1978) and Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans (M.D., 1982). Boustany was a cardiac surgeon in private practice from 1990-2004.

Before his election to Congress in 2004, Charles won an at-large seat on the Lafayette Parish Republican Executive Committee and served through (1996-2001). He was named the Vice-Chairman of Bush-Cheney Victory 2000 Campaign for Lafayette Parish in 2000. Boustany also served on the Board of Directors for the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce(2001), and the Executive Board of Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce as Vice President for Government Affairs (2002).[1]

2006 elections

Boustany won reelection with 71% of the vote. [2]

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Acadiana Renal Physicians	$ 15,100
Adams & Reese	$ 12,750
Edison Chouest Offshore	$ 11,200
Marlin Energy	$ 10,400
American Bankers Assn	$ 10,000
American College of Cardiology	$ 10,000
American College of Radiology	$ 10,000
American College of Surgeons Prof Assn	$ 10,000
American Crystal Sugar	$ 10,000
Associated Builders & Contractors	$ 10,000
Freedom Project	$ 10,000
Honeywell International	$ 10,000
Koch Industries	$ 10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$ 10,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$ 10,000
National Thoroughbred Racing Assn	$ 10,000
Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn	$ 10,000
Society of Thoracic Surgeons	$ 10,000
Valero Energy	$ 10,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Charles Boustany from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Charles Boustany from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Charles Boustany from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Charles Boustany from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Oil Contributions

Charles Boustany has accepted $116,800 in oil contributions during the 110th congress while representing district 07. $52,500 of those dollars were from industry PACS. In total, Boustany has received $292,024 from oil companies since 2000. See above for oil voting record.^{[citation needed]}

Committees and Coalitions

Committees

• House Committee on Ways and Means

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
  • Subcommittee on Highways, Transit & Pipelines

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
  • Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions

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

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management

• House Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • 21st Century Competitiveness Subcommittee
  • Employer-Employee Relations Subcommittee

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee- Vice chair
  • Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee

More Background Data

• Background information on Charles Boustany from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Charles Boustany from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Charles Boustany from the Washington Post database

• Information on Charles Boustany from Congress Merge

Wikipedia also has an article on Charles Boustany. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
1117 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-2031 Fax: 202-225-5724 Webform email
District offices
800 Lafayette Street, Suite 1400, Lafayette, LA 70501 Ph: (337) 235-6322 Fax: (none entered) 700 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601 Ph: (337) 433-1747 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

Resources

• Official website
• Follow the Oil Money
• Vote Tracker
• Follow the Coal Money
• Appalachian Voices

See also

• stay the course

References

Articles

• Bob Moser, "Group counts costs of war. Citizens claim war funding affects projects," The Daily Advertiser (La.), August 17, 2007.
• Bill Decker, "Commentary: Rove's revolution touched Acadiana, briefly, at least," The Daily Advertiser (La.), August 20, 2007.
• Klaus Marre, "Petraeus assuages lawmakers’ fears over report," The Hill, August 30, 2007.
• Ana Radelat, "Boustany makes second trip to Iraq," The Shreveport times, August 31, 2007.
• "Iraqi deaths rise for second month straight," Think Progress, September 1, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Blitzer Dismantles Rep. Boustany’s Assertions Of Progress In Iraq," Think Progress, September 2, 2007.

Local blogs and discussion sites

Semantic data

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District Offices:
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Latitude: 30°13′31.101″N
Longitude: 92°1′14.831″W Latitude: 30°13′49.159″N
Longitude: 93°13′1.808″W