U.S. House of Representatives Michael R. McNulty

1 u.s. house of representatives

1.1 elections
1.2 tenure
1.3 committee assignments

u.s. house of representatives
elections

in 1988, u.s. congressman samuel s. stratton of new york s 23rd congressional district announced withdrawal race due health issues. mcnulty selected replace him on ballot. elected handily in 1 of few reliably democratic areas in upstate new york. reelected 9 more times without serious difficulty. district renumbered 21st district after 1990 census.

in 2004, challenged republican/libertarian warren redlich, later run governor in 2010. mcnulty faced redlich again in 2006, , reelected 78% of vote - widest margin. [1]. had primary challenge in 1996 lee h. wasserman, in won closer margin ever had in general election.

in october 2007, mcnulty announced not seek 11th term in congress. paul tonko, had served alongside mcnulty in state assembly 1983 1989, won democratic nomination replace mcnulty, , subsequently won general election in november. despite being open seat, not considered competitive election, 21st considered democratic district in state outside of new york city-based districts , western new york. both congressional quarterly , cook political report rated race 21st s open seat safe democratic.

tenure

positions

mcnulty moderate democrat new york standards. voted war in iraq, since changed stance , cosponsored representative john murtha s resolution phased withdrawal region.

mcnulty known keeping low profile in house; said on numerous occasions had no plans run leadership posts or seek higher office, because wanted have more time grandchildren. known being relatively quiet , not saying on floor; roll call once jokingly named him chair of obscure caucus.

controversies

mcnulty presided on vote recommit agricultural appropriations bill on night of august 2, 2007 have prevented illegal immigrants receiving food stamps. mcnulty claimed vote tied 214-214 members changing votes after time had expired, mcnulty gaveled down vote , tallied 212-216 against motion, while republicans argued house screen tally vote 215-213 in favor recommit. republicans chanted shame , later walked out of house in protest. mcnulty , steny hoyer apologized on floor next morning prematurely gaveling down vote. in may 2008, bipartisan investigation panel including bill delahunt , mike pence began working determine whether vote had been tallied correctly , action should taken, if any. year later, panel found democrats did indeed improperly tally vote.

rankings/endorsements

he consistently endorsed both conservative party , working families party, third parties in new york.

mcnulty received on drum major institute s 2005 scorecard on middle-class issues.

committee assignments

ways & means committee

subcommittee on social security (chairman)
subcommittee on income security , family support


at-large whip




^ rick karlin, mcnulty won t run again: 10-term congressman plans announcement; move creates wide-open race seat, october 26, 2007 [2]. accessed october 26, 2007.
^ associated press, mcnulty retiring congress, democrats say, legislative gazette, october 29, 2007, p. 9.
^ press release, congressman michael r. mcnulty, mcnulty: m coming home . available lisa.blumenstock(at)mail.house.gov of october 29, 2007.
^ politics local archived 2007-09-27 @ wayback machine., elizabeth benjamin, albany times union, july 20, 2006
^ obscure caucus, lauren w. whittington, roll call, september 8, 2003
^ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428082,00.html