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<a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">House Ways and Means Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Archer" title="Bill Archer">Bill Archer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="United States House Committee on House Administration">House Administration Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Rose (congressman)">Charlie Rose</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ney" title="Bob Ney">Bob Ney</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_M._Ketchum" title="William M. Ketchum">William M. Ketchum</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="California18 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="California's 18th congressional district">18th district</a></span> (1979–1983)<br /><span data-sort-value="California20 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="California's 20th congressional district">20th district</a></span> (1983–1993)<br /><span data-sort-value="California21 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="California's 21st congressional district">21st district</a></span> (1993–2003)<br /><span data-sort-value="California22 !"><a href="/wiki/California%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="California's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a></span> (2003–2007)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_33rd_State_Assembly_district" title="California's 33rd State Assembly district">33rd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 2, 1974 – November 30, 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_N._Mobley" title="Ernest N. Mobley">Ernest N. Mobley</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Rogers_(politician)" title="Don Rogers (politician)">Don Rogers</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Marshall Thomas</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-12-06</span>) </span>December 6, 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wallace,_Idaho" title="Wallace, Idaho">Wallace, Idaho</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Sharon Thomas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_College" title="Santa Ana College">Santa Ana College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Bill_Thomas_Opens_Debate_on_the_Medicare_Modernization_Act.ogg" title="File:Rep. Bill Thomas Opens Debate on the Medicare Modernization Act.ogg">Thomas's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="567" data-mwtitle="Rep._Bill_Thomas_Opens_Debate_on_the_Medicare_Modernization_Act.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Rep._Bill_Thomas_Opens_Debate_on_the_Medicare_Modernization_Act.ogg/Rep._Bill_Thomas_Opens_Debate_on_the_Medicare_Modernization_Act.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Rep._Bill_Thomas_Opens_Debate_on_the_Medicare_Modernization_Act.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Thomas, as chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" title="United States House Committee on Ways and Means">House Ways and Means Committee</a>, opens debate on the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Modernization_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Medicare Modernization Act">Medicare Modernization Act</a><br />Recorded June 26, 2003</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Marshall Thomas</b> (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a <a href="/wiki/California_Republican_Party" title="California Republican Party">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing <a href="/wiki/California%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="California's 22nd congressional district">California's 22nd congressional district</a> and as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means">House Ways and Means Committee</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas was born in <a href="/wiki/Wallace,_Idaho" title="Wallace, Idaho">Wallace, Idaho</a>, moving with his parents to <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Garden_Grove_High_School" title="Garden Grove High School">Garden Grove High School</a>, attended <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana_College" title="Santa Ana College">Santa Ana College</a>, earning an <a href="/wiki/Associate%27s_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Associate's degree">associate's degree</a> before transferring to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a>, where he earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> and <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> in 1963 and 1965, respectively. He became an instructor at <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_College" title="Bakersfield College">Bakersfield College</a> before running for and winning a seat in the <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">California State Assembly</a> in 1974. He won election to the House of Representatives in 1978, representing the <a href="/wiki/California%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="California's 18th congressional district">18th congressional district</a>. </p><p>Thomas married the former Sharon Lynn Hamilton in 1968. They have two grown children. He and his wife are <a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg/220px-BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg/330px-BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/BillThomasOfficialPortrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="579" /></a><figcaption>Thomas's official portrait by artist Ronald N. Sherr</figcaption></figure> <p>When <i><a href="/wiki/Washingtonian_(magazine)" title="Washingtonian (magazine)">Washingtonian</a></i> magazine polled congressional aides on the "best and worst" of Congress, Thomas was voted #2 for "brainiest", #3 for "workhorse", and #1 for "meanest" and overwhelmingly for "hottest temper" in the House.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas is known for being able to comprehend and communicate the intricacies of obscure legislative matters, studying testimony and research reports himself instead of relying on executive summaries from his aides. Thomas is also known for losing his temper when people are unprepared, earning a reputation for sharp interrogations. "He's revered, but he's also reviled to some degree", fellow representative <a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley" title="Mark Foley">Mark Foley</a> told <i><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Quarterly" title="Congressional Quarterly">CQ Weekly</a></i>. </p><p>Thomas was a key proponent of several of <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">President George W. Bush's</a> agenda items, including three major tax cut bills and the <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Prescription_Drug,_Improvement,_and_Modernization_Act" title="Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act">Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act</a> of 2003 (PL 108–173), and was also instrumental in the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Act_of_1997" title="Balanced Budget Act of 1997">Balanced Budget Act of 1997</a>. </p><p>On March 6, 2006, Thomas announced he would not seek reelection, retiring after 28 years in the House. A major influence on his decision was the internal GOP <a href="/wiki/Republican_Revolution#Ramifications" title="Republican Revolution">term limits</a> that would require him to relinquish his Ways and Means chairmanship even if he were re-elected.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Thomas endorsed a former aide, <a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">Assemblyman</a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, who was elected to replace him. Following McCarthy's vote to <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#House_votes" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">decertify the 2020 presidential election</a>, Thomas said that McCarthy was a "hypocrite" and generally lambasted his behavior in regard to that election.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas has criticized McCarthy in several interviews since that time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, after leaving the House, Thomas joined the <a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a> as a visiting fellow working on tax policy, trade policy, and health care policy.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas also joined law and lobbying firm <a href="/wiki/Buchanan,_Ingersoll_%26_Rooney" class="mw-redirect" title="Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney">Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 8, 2016, Thomas was named to the <a href="/wiki/Kern_Community_College_District" title="Kern Community College District">Kern Community College District</a> <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a> for Area 1, filling the seat of Rick Wright.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not run for reelection in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Congressional_committees">Congressional committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Congressional committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Ways_and_Means" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means">U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means</a> – Chairman (2001–2007) </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_House_Administration" title="United States House Committee on House Administration">U.S. House Committee on Administration</a> – Chairman (1995–2001) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1992:_Congressional_banking_scandal">1992: Congressional banking scandal</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1992: Congressional banking scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Rubbergate" class="mw-redirect" title="Rubbergate">Rubbergate</a> banking scandal, involving House members writing checks when the funds were not available, Thomas <a href="/wiki/Non-sufficient_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-sufficient funds">bounced</a> 119 checks, the tenth-highest amount for a Republican member of Congress. A brief overdraft of $16,200, occurred in October 1989, as he wrote a $15,300 check to buy a car.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2001:_alleged_affair_with_lobbyist">2001: alleged affair with lobbyist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2001: alleged affair with lobbyist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Bakersfield Californian</i> published an article on Thomas about an affair with Deborah Steelman,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a lobbyist for Cigna, Pfizer, Aetna, United Healthcare Corporation, the Healthcare Leadership Council, and Prudential. Thomas was then chair of the House subcommittee that regulates HMOs. "Any personal failures of commitment or responsibility to my wife, family or friends are just that, personal," the former congressman wrote in an "open letter to friends and neighbors." Neither he nor Steelman explicitly denied the allegations. She was promoted to Vice President of Eli Lilly, a position which she used to steer huge campaign gifts to Thomas's war chest.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Modernization_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Medicare Modernization Act">Medicare Modernization Act of 2003</a> prohibited Medicare from negotiating prescription prices with the drug industry, for instance.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003:_controversy_involving_U.S._Capitol_police">2003: controversy involving U.S. Capitol police</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2003: controversy involving U.S. Capitol police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2003, Thomas called the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Capitol_Police" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Capitol Police">U.S. Capitol Police</a> to eject <a href="/wiki/U.S._Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Democratic Party">Democrats</a> from a meeting room. A few days later, he tearfully apologized on the House floor for what he called his "just plain stupid" decision to ask the police to eject the Congressmen.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_history">Election history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Election history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg/250px-President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg/375px-President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg/500px-President_George_W._Bush_Signs_Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>Bill Thomas congratulating <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> shortly after signing the <a href="/wiki/Jobs_and_Growth_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2003" title="Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003">Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg/220px-Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg/330px-Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg/440px-Vice_President_Dick_Cheney_and_Chairman_Bill_Thomas%27_Remarks_at_a_Town_Hall_Meeting_on_Social_Security.jpg 2x" data-file-width="515" data-file-height="343" /></a><figcaption>Bill Thomas with <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a> at a Town Hall meeting on Social Security in 2005</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>1974 – Defeated Raymond Gonzales – 54–46%</li> <li>1976 – Defeated Stephen W. Schilling – 57–43%</li> <li>1978 – Defeated Bob Sogge – 59–41%</li> <li>1980 – Defeated Mary Pat Timmermans – 71–29%</li> <li>1982 – Defeated Robert J. Bethea – 68–32%</li> <li>1984 – Defeated Michael T. LeSage – 71–29%</li> <li>1986 – Defeated Jules H. Moquin – 73–27%</li> <li>1988 – Defeated Lita Reid – 71–27%</li> <li>1990 – Defeated Michael Thomas – 60–34%</li> <li>1992 – Defeated Deborah Vollmer – 65–35%</li> <li>1994 – Defeated John Evans – 69–28%</li> <li>1996 – Defeated Deborah Vollmer – 66–27%</li> <li>1998 – Defeated John Evans – 79–21%</li> <li>2000 – Defeated Pete Martinez – 72–25%</li> <li>2002 – Defeated Jaime Corvera – 73–24%</li> <li>2004 – Unopposed</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_Thomas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=549622">"Our Campaigns - CA State Assembly 33 Race - Nov 05, 1974"</a>. <i>www.ourcampaigns.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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