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Tom McClintock

US Representative (R-CA-5)
Tracked because Sitting member of the House; tracked for votes, donor mapping, and committee oversight.
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Tom McClintock is the Republican U.S. Representative (CA's 5th congressional district). The platform has 9 voting records on file (2013-2025) and 55 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.

Facts on record50
Connections mapped23
Sources cited25
Evidence: 19P+11 28S+20 3I
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Key Connections
← Build PAC Of The National Association Of Home Builders organization
donor
$8,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000901/
← National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors PAC organization
donor
$9,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
← Culac The PAC Of Credit Union National Association organization
donor
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
← Union Pacific Corp. Fund For Effective Government organization
donor
$7,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010470/
← Chevron Employees Political Action Committee - Chevron Corporation organization
donor
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035006/
← American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants PAC organization
donor
$7,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00077321/
← Koch Industries, Inc. PAC (Kochpac) organization
donor
$10,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00236489/
← Universal Music Group Political Action Committee organization
donor
$8,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00392464/
Facts (50)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 165d ago · Avg age: 176d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (48)
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✓ verified Pending Review In January 2025, McClintock told The Hill he would insist on conditions for California wildfire aid, stating 'We can't allow the policies that have created the conditions for such a disaster to continue' and that there is 'an old saying, you can't fill a broken bucket by pouring more water in it'—extending his 2013 Sandy-era framework to his own fire-prone state.
Date: 2025-01-14 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock requested zero community project dollars for his district in FY2022, even as other California Republicans secured tens of millions for their districts—a stance his spokesperson attributed to his policy of opposing congressional earmarks.
Date: 2021-10-01 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock was one of only two California Republicans (along with Duncan Hunter) to vote against the $19.1 billion disaster relief bill in June 2019, which included an estimated $12.6 billion for California wildfire victims—the bill passed 354-58.
Date: 2019-06-03 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock voted Nay on H.R. 4667 (the $81 billion disaster aid package including California wildfire relief) on December 21, 2017, publishing a statement on his official House website using nearly identical language—'loaded up the bill' with non-emergency spending—as his 2013 Sandy opposition.
Date: 2017-12-21 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Tom McClintock voted Nay on H.R. 152 (Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013, Roll No. 23) on January 15, 2013, which passed 241-180—one of 179 Republicans to oppose the $50.5 billion Hurricane Sandy relief package.
Date: 2013-01-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock previously voted AGAINST the 2011 Budget Control Act (Roll Call 690), AGAINST the 2011 debt ceiling deal (one of only three California Republicans), and AGAINST the 2013 'fiscal cliff' deal (one of only 22 Republicans). His 2023 AYE marks a decisive break with his own voting history.
Date: 2011-2013 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Conservative constituents criticized McClintock for his FRA support. Comments on his op-ed accused him of 'selling out' and being a 'RINO,' reflecting intra-coalition backlash that went largely unreported in national coverage.
Date: 2023-05-30 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock called his 2011 vote against the Budget Control Act 'the one I most regret over 15 years serving in Congress' and stated he would not 'repeat that mistake' in 2023. This is an unusually candid admission from a sitting member that ideological purity was counterproductive in practice.
Date: 2023-05-30 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock's AYE vote on H.R. 3746 was the first time in his 15-year congressional career that he voted to increase the debt limit. He acknowledged this on the House floor: 'Mr. Speaker, this is the first time in my 15 years in Congress that I have voted to increase the debt limit. I do so today because this measure places real constraints on future spending, more than $2 trillion.'
Date: 2023-05-31 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock voted AYE on Roll Call 243 (H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023) on May 31, 2023. The official House Clerk roll confirms his vote as 'Aye,' directly contradicting the prior 'nay_unverified' designation. The bill passed 314–117 with 149 Republican AYE votes and 71 Republican NAY votes.
Date: 2023-05-31 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock resigned from the House Freedom Caucus in September 2015 after nine months, criticizing the group's 'willingness—indeed, an eagerness—to strip the House Republican majority of its ability to set the House agenda by combining with House Democrats on procedural motions,' making his later internationalist foreign-policy votes a continuation of his institutionalist approach rather than a departure from it.
Date: 2015-09-16 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock framed his support for the $95 billion combined Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid package in April 2024 by invoking Reagan: 'Profligate spending is exhausting our resources and damaging our economy, but as Reagan reminded us, defense is not a budget issue. You spend what you need to spend'—a position at odds with his 2015 resignation from the House Freedom Caucus over its willingness to shut down the government on spending grounds.
Date: 2024-04-30 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock authored H.R. 176, the No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act of 2025, which passed the House by unanimous voice vote on December 1, 2025—amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar individuals involved in the October 7 attacks from entering or remaining in the United States.
Date: 2025-12-01 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review McClintock delivered a floor speech on November 30, 2023, calling Hamas's October 7 attack 'an unprovoked act of barbarity and butchery' and explicitly calling for a 'disproportional response,' stating 'you don't want a proportional response; you want the most disproportional response you can muster' to end the conflict quickly—a position recorded in the Congressional Record.
Date: 2023-11-30 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Tom McClintock voted Yea on H.Res. 771 (Roll Call 528), which passed 412-10-6 on October 25, 2023—a resolution that was the #2 most cosponsored legislation in congressional history with 425 bipartisan cosponsors, making McClintock's vote entirely unremarkable within the House at large.
Date: 2023-10-25 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 27.4%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher: 31.5%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 70.7%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 7.3%
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population: 772,813
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $92,960
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 32: $18 Minimum Wage Increase (2024) — failed, margin 50.8% no to 49.2% yes
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 36: Increasing Penalties for Retail Theft and Drug Trafficking (2024) (2024) — passed, margin Approximately 70% yes statewide
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: California Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom (Abortion Rights) (2022) — passed, margin 66.9% yes statewide; McClintock's district counties voted narrowly — Calaveras 51-49% yes, Tuolumne 51-49% yes
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 721 (share 0.1)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 622 (share 0.12)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 111 (share 0.12)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Delaware North Companies (hospitality/concessions at Yosemite) (1500 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Yosemite National Park (National Park Service) (2000 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Tenet Healthcare / Doctors Medical Center (Modesto) (2500 employees)
✓ verified Partially Corroborated [constituency_baseline] Top employer: Kaiser Permanente (Modesto/Stanislaus region) (3000 employees)
✓ verified Pending Review [constituency_baseline] District summary: California's 5th Congressional District spans the northern San Joaquin Valley and central Sierra Nevada, encompassing all of Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties, plus parts of El Dorado, Stanislaus, Madera, and Fresno counties. Its approximately 773,000 residents are 63.1% White (non-Hispanic) and 27.4% Hispanic. The median household income of $92,960 is well above national and state medians, with a 7.3% poverty rate and 70.7% homeownership rate. The district is solidly Republican (R+24 Cook PVI), car-dependent (73.5% drive alone), and older than the national average (median age 41.4). Key economic drivers include agriculture (tree fruit, nuts, vineyards), tourism (Yosemite National Park), healthcare, and government. The district is highly vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires, which have been a central focus of McClintock's legislative agenda on forest management.
Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified AI Inference Voted nay_unverified on H.R. 3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Debt Ceiling Agreement)) on 2023-05-31: McClintock voted against the bipartisan debt ceiling deal (314-117 overall). His longtime criticism of increasing the deficit and his authorship of the 'Full Faith and Credit Act' to prioritize debt payments put him on record opposing debt ceiling increases without spending reform. 71 Republicans joined him in opposition, but 149 House Republicans supported the deal to avert default.
Date: 2023-05-31 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) on 2017-12-19: McClintock voted against the first House version because it removed deductions for medical expenses, student loan interest, and casualty losses. He voted for the final version, saying it 'allows constituents to keep more of the money they earn.' The bill added $1.9 trillion to the deficit — contradicting his longtime fiscal conservatism and deficit hawk brand. The CBO projected the bill would increase the deficit by nearly $2 trillion over a decade.
Date: 2017-12-19 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H.R. 1 (115th Congress)
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017 (ACA repeal and replace)) on 2017-05-04: McClintock voted for the AHCA after successfully sponsoring an amendment adding $75 billion for transition subsidies. His district has a 7.3% poverty rate and approximately 31.5% with bachelor's degrees — above-average demographics that would face reduced ACA subsidies. He was initially skeptical, saying 'we cannot repeal ObamaCare through reconciliation' and worried about the lack of a replacement plan, but ultimately voted yes.
Date: 2017-05-04 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H.R. 1628
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 8790 (Fix Our Forests Act of 2024) on 2025-01-23: McClintock co-sponsored and championed this bipartisan forest management bill that passed the House 279-141. His district includes Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada foothills, where catastrophic wildfires have repeatedly devastated communities. The bill provides categorical exclusions from NEPA for forest thinning projects up to 10,000 acres — directly addressing the region's #1 natural disaster threat.
Date: 2025-01-23 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H.R. 8790
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.38 billion)) on 2024-04-20: McClintock voted with 366 members for $26.38 billion in Israel aid. He authored the 'No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act' and gave floor speeches calling Hamas's October 7 attack 'an unprovoked act of barbarity and butchery.' His pro-Israel stance aligned with some Real Estate and Securities & Investment sector donors but did not represent a notable cross-pressure event.
Date: 2024-04-20 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H.R. 8034
✓ verified Primary Source Voted yea on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion)) on 2024-04-20: McClintock voted for $60.8 billion in Ukraine aid alongside just 101 House Republicans, while 112 Republicans voted against. He cited Churchill saying 'if aggression is allowed to go unchecked' and argued defense is 'not a budget issue.' But his Republican/Conservative donor sector ($817,537 career), including Club for Growth (a 13-time award winner who endorsed him), typically opposes foreign aid spending. His pro-Ukraine stance crossed the growing GOP isolationist wing.
Date: 2024-04-20 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H.R. 8035
✓ verified Primary Source Voted nay on H. Res. 863 (Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security) on 2024-02-06: McClintock was one of only three House Republicans to vote against Mayorkas's impeachment, sinking the first vote 214-216. He released a 10-page memo arguing the impeachment was unconstitutional and warned 'swapping one leftist for another is a fantasy, solves nothing, excuses Biden's culpability.' 212 of 215 voting Republicans supported the measure. McClintock cited the Constitution's original intent on impeachment grounds as his reason.
Date: 2024-02-06 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Roll call: H. Res. 863
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] McClintock repeatedly condemned Democratic impeachment efforts against Trump in 2019 as politically motivated. In 2024, he voted against the Mayorkas impeachment and released a 10-page memo arguing the founders 'specifically rejected terms like malfeasance, neglect of duty and maladministration as grounds for impeachment' and warned the maneuver 'unconstitutionally expands impeachment that someday will bite Republicans.' He said the GOP was using the same logic as Democrats in Trump's impeachments — pursuing a case without an underlying crime.
✓ verified Primary Source [statement] McClintock proclaimed on the House floor that 'every fraudulent vote disenfranchises an honest citizen' and that the 2020 election was tainted by a 'corrupted process,' questioning the legitimacy of the results. He signed onto a Texas amicus brief with 125 Republican colleagues asking the Supreme Court to set aside electoral votes in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated McClintock's 2018 net worth was between $16,002 and $65,000, ranking 310th among House members, making him one of the less wealthy members of Congress.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated McClintock resigned from the House Freedom Caucus in 2015 after nine months, criticizing the group's 'willingness—indeed, an eagerness—to strip the House Republican majority of its ability to set the House agenda by combining with House Democrats on procedural motions.'
✓ verified Partially Corroborated McClintock is a 13-time winner of the Club for Growth Defender of Economic Freedom award and is endorsed by the group as 'a principled constitutional conservative' and 'leader on fiscal policy,' though Club for Growth direct contributions are not itemized in his top-5 list.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated McClintock has received $33,750 in campaign contributions directly from the NRA over his career, and a separate MoveOn petition claims he received $52,842 in total NRA support including staff contributions.
✓ verified Primary Source McClintock's campaign raised $16,083,767 and spent $15,970,303 from 1991-2024, with $373,608 cash on hand. PAC contributions represented at least $186,440 of his 2024 cycle total contributions.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Technical Maintenance Support Inc is McClintock's career top contributor at $107,200, followed by Quest Media & Supplies ($84,900), Northwest Excavating ($72,698), America's Credit Unions ($63,000 via PAC), and Belkin International ($61,800).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated McClintock's career top industry donor is Retired at $1,832,120, followed by Republican/Conservative ($817,537), Real Estate ($760,752), Securities & Investment ($486,786), and Casinos/Gambling ($326,200).
All Connections (23)
← Edison International company
donor secondary
2025-2026: $1,000 via Edison International PAC
← National Assn of Realtors organization
donor secondary
2025-2026: $2,000 via RPAC; career Real Estate sector total $760,752 (individual $726,002 + PAC $34,750)
← PG&E Corp company
donor secondary
2025-2026: $2,000 via PG&E Corporation Energy PAC
donor primary since 2024
$8,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00000901/
donor primary since 2024
$9,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00005249/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00007880/
donor primary since 2024
$7,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (5 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010470/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00035006/
donor primary since 2024
$7,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00077321/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00236489/
← Eureka PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00390161/
donor primary since 2024
$8,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (4 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00392464/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00428052/
← Huck PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00448373/
donor primary since 2024
$6,500 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (6 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00542365/
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00592089/
← American Revival PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00639229/
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00653188/
← Buckeye Liberty PAC organization
donor primary since 2024
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00693796/
donor primary since 2026
$10,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00744532/
donor primary since 2024
$10,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2024 cycle (2 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00797670/
← Farmer PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$5,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (1 contribution), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00818344/
← Raptor PAC organization
donor primary since 2026
$6,000 to Tom McClintock's principal committee in the 2026 cycle (3 contributions), FEC Schedule A line 11C. https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00749481/
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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tom McClintock — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
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