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Kenny Marchant, a Republican, has represented the Twenty-Fourth Congressional District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2005.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Bio 2.1 Congressional career 2.1.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 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 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

Bio

Marchant was born February 23, 1951 in Bonham, Texas. Prior to being elected to the U.S. House, Marchant was a real estate developer and owned a homebuilding company. Marchant served a councilman on the Carrollton, Texas City Council from 1980-1984, was mayor of Carrollton from 1984-1986 and was a member of the Texas House from 1987-2004.

Texas' 24th Congressional District was created as a result of redistricting. Marchant had planned to run for Congress in 2002 in a bid to represent suburban Dallas, but fellow Republican Pete Sessions, an incumbent, chose to run there instead. But in 2004, Marchant, in his position on the Texas House's Redistricting Committee, was ideally positioned to oversee the drawing of a new seat that helped tilt the odds in his favor. The 24th District, as re-drawn, is centered in Carrollton, where Marchant has held local office for a quarter-century.

Congressional career

Marchant is a staunch George W. Bush supporter and worked with him when he was governor of Texas. Marchant has said the two of them agree on social and fiscal policy "99 percent of the time." He has said that his top priority on Capitol Hill will be cutting the federal deficit.

2006 elections

In 2006, Democrats nominated Gary R. Page to face Marchant in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Marchant retained his seat.

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)
Bank of America	$ 14,000
Credit Union National Assn	$ 12,500
Energy Future Holdings Corp	$ 10,000
Federal Aviation Admin Managers Assn	$ 10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$ 10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn	$ 10,000
Valero Energy	$ 10,000
Koch Industries	$ 9,000
Wells Fargo	$ 7,600
Growth & Prosperity PAC	$ 7,500
Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America	$ 7,500
National Beer Wholesalers Assn	$ 7,500
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 Kenny Marchant 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 Kenny Marchant from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Kenny Marchant from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Kenny Marchant from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
  • Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
  • Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development Public Buildings & Emergency Management
  • Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on National Security and International Relations
  • Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia -Ranking

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

• House Committee on Education and the Workforce
  • Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations
  • Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
• House Committee on Government Reform
  • Subcommittee on Energy and Resources
  • Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization
  • Subcommittee on National Security Emerging Threats and International Relations
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Subcommittee on Economic Development Public Buildings & Emergency Management
  • Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines

More Background Data

• Background information on Kenny Marchant from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Kenny Marchant from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Kenny Marchant from the Washington Post database

• Information on Kenny Marchant from Congress Merge

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

Contact

DC office
1037 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-6605 Fax: 202-225-0074 Webform email
District offices
9901 East Valley Ranch Parkway, Suite 3035, Irving, TX 75063 Ph: 972-556-0162 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website Twitter feed Last tweets: This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. 2125 North Josey Lane, Suite 200, Carrollton, TX 75006 Ph: 972-242-7211 Fax: (none entered)

Articles and resources

• Official website
• Campaign website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

• Jobs Anger
• Burnt Orange Report

Semantic data (Edit data)

From the Sunlight Foundation API
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Date of Birth: February 23, 1951 November 2, 2004

Latitude: 32°56′23.212″N
Longitude: 96°57′4.543″W