William M Thomas

Leadership & Staff

Shahira Knight Former Special Assistant to President Trump for Tax and Retirement Policy; now with the Clearing House Association

• senior advisor (past)

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

• Tax Counsel ('01→'05)

Cathy Abernathy Lobbyist

• administrative assistant ('00→'01)

John McManus Former staffer for Rep. Bill Thomas; lobbyist for McManus Group

• Legislative assistant ('98→'00)

Business Positions

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Lobbying firm

• Lobbyist ('07→?)

Positions

American Enterprise Institute Largest neoconservative think tank

• Fellow

Government Positions

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, established by Congress to examine the domestic and global causes of the financial crisis.

• Member ('09→?)

National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare

• Co-Chair

Donors

Bill Thomas Campaign Committee

• Principal Campaign Committee

Campaign Donors

1 / 4

Phillips Peter Lobbyist, Reed Smith

• 8 contributions · 6,000 USD (Apr 17 '97→Jul 19 '04)

Robert A Ortenzio Chairman, Select Medical Corporation

• 5 contributions · 4,100 USD (Jul 20 '99→Apr 10 '06)

Rocco A. Ortenzio Vice Chairman and Co-Founder, Select Meducal

• 3 contributions · 2,100 USD (Sep 22 '05→Apr 10 '06)

Donald G Fisher Late founder of the Gap Inc.; art collector and philanthropist

• 1 contribution · 2,100 USD (Aug 2 '05)

Leander J Foley Partner in and the Managing Director of the Washington, DC firm of Moss, McGee, Bradley, & Foley

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Jul 24 '03)

Gavin S Herbert Co-founded Allergan Inc, former CEO and chairman; chairman, Roger’s Gardens and Regenesis

• 3 contributions · 2,000 USD (May 14 '93→Apr 14 '98)

Gretchen Hobbs Fannie Mae; The Hobbs Group

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Sep 20 '05)

Katie McClendon wife of Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon

• 1 contribution · 2,000 USD (Oct 26 '04)

Daniel Maldonado

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('01→'03)

Sharon Cohen

• 2 contributions · 2,000 USD ('03→'04)

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 7 '03→Jan 3 '07) [+3]

• Representative (Jan 5 '93→Jan 3 '03)

• Representative (Jan 3 '83→Jan 3 '93)

• Representative (Jan 15 '79→Jan 3 '83)

Schools

San Francisco State University

• BA (?→'63)