James O McCrery III

Lobbyist | former US Representative from Louisiana

A Representative from Louisiana; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., September 18, 1949; B.A., Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La., 1971; J.D., Louisiana State University, Shreveport, La., 1975; lawyer, private practice; district manager for United States Representative Anthony C. Leach, Jr. of Louisiana, 1979; assistant city attorney, Shreveport, La., 1979-1980; district manager and legislative director for United States Representative Charles E. Roemer, III of Louisiana, 1981-1984; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Charles E. Roemer, III, reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (April 16, 1988-present).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Brett Loper Former Congressional Aide, John Boehner; SVP and lobbyist, American Express

• Staff Director

Richard Hunt President and CEO, Consumer Bankers Association

• aide (past)

Gregory Nickerson Washington Tax Group founder; former staffer to reps Bill Thomas and James McCrery; former Justice Dept attorney

• staffer ('04→'05)

Bob Brooks Lobbyist, Capitol Counsel ; formerly with the Alpine Group

• Chief of Staff (past)

Campbell Kaufman Lobbyist, Cornerstone Government Affairs

• Press Secretary (past)

Business Positions

Capitol Counsel LLC Government Affairs

• Partner ('09→?)

Board Memberships

Fix the Debt organization advocating fiscal austerity

• steering committee member

Government Positions

House Ways and Means Committee

• Ranking Member

Donors

McCrery for Congress Committee

• Principal Campaign Committee

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Bill Cassidy US Senator and former Representative from Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 28 '19)

Bill Cassidy for US Senate

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Oct 28 '19)

John Kennedy US Senator from Louisiana

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Feb 4 '20)

John Kennedy for US

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Feb 4 '20)

Campaign Donors

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M Allen Dickson Retired, Morris Dickson Company, Shreveport

• 14 contributions · 13,200 USD ('93→'07)

Boysie Bollinger Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bollinger Shipyards

• 15 contributions · 12,000 USD ('89→'05)

John B Noland Noland Investments

• 15 contributions · 10,500 USD ('90→'04)

Lacy H Williams Founder and President, Will-Drill Resources, Inc

• 16 contributions · 10,500 USD ('90→'07)

Markham A Dickson Shreveport Louisiana

• 12 contributions · 10,200 USD ('95→'06)

Edward R Bo Campbell

• 14 contributions · 9,000 USD ('91→'04)

Lindsay D Hooper

• 7 contributions · 7,969 USD ('01→'06)

Kathleen Clark Kies Lobbyist

• 7 contributions · 7,700 USD ('98→'07)

George D Nelson Jr Louisiana Companies

• 12 contributions · 7,500 USD ('94→'07)

Robert E Glennon Tax attorney and lobbyist; partner Hogan Lovells

• 5 contributions · 7,000 USD ('02→Apr 12 '07)

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 6 '87→Jan 3 '93) [+2]

• Representative (Jan 7 '97→Jan 3 '09)

• Representative (Jan 5 '93→Jan 3 '97)

Joint Committee on Taxation

• Member

House Ways and Means Committee

• Member

Services & Transactions

General Electric Company American multinational conglomerate; announced plans to split into publicly traded businesses - healthcare, aviation and energy

• Lobbying client

WIN America Campaign group of large multinational corporations that are lobbying Congress to 'repatriate' over $1 trillion in foreign profits at a highly-reduced tax rate.

• Lobbying client

Alliance for Savings and Investment group of large companies pushing to maintain low tax rates on dividend income

• Lobbying client

Intuit, Inc. TurboTax and other financial software

• lobbying client ('11)

Schools

Louisiana Technical University

• BA (?→'71)

Louisiana State University

• JD (?→'75)