Castle, M

beat by i'm not a witch TP, targetted by odom; he favored moderate gun control and questions gulf war in 2007

dirty ads?

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<h2>Al Jazeera <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/business/media/al-jazeera-makes-its-american-debut.html?r=0" target="blank" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">launched</a> its American cable news channel last night to some fanfare but few viewers. Only five of the 10 major cable and satellite providers carry the channel, which took over Al Gore's Current TV late last year.

Still, considering the negative perception some Americans have of the Arab news organization, the company might have been lucky to get its new effort off the ground at all -- and at least some credit likely goes to K Street, including former Rep. <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00009775%20&cycle=2010" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mike Castle</a> (R-Del.).</h2>

<h2><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F29291&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Al Jazeera America</a> executives say their news channel won't be driven by a political agenda -- the Arab version frequently has been accused of bias -- but will specialize in straightforward news.

Earlier this year, however, as plans for the channel were announced, opposition quickly mounted. Among other politically-connected voices claiming outrage, former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who served under President George W. Bush, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/bush-ag-suggests-congressional-hearings-into-al-jazeera-curr" target="_blank" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">called</a> for congressional hearings over the possibility of a foreign company -- Al Jazeera America's parent company is based in Doha, Qatar -- controlling media in the U.S.</h2>

<h2>It's not exactly clear what Al Jazeera's new lobbying team talked about on the Hill -- the filings all vaguely describe "<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientissues_spec.php?id=F29291&year=2013&spec=COM" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Informational communications regarding client's cable television channel</a>" -- but no hearings materialized and lawmakers generally seemed to have little to say about the issue.</h2>

<h2>Castle left the Senate in 2011 and now works at <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000021569&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">DLA Piper</a>; he was one of <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlbs.php?id=F29291&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">11 lobbyists</a> the company has used this year, from four different firms. All were initially hired in the first quarter of 2013, and several tapered off their work in the second quarter. For the first six months of the year, Al Jazeera paid lobbying firms at least $240,000, of which $220,000 went to DLA Piper.</h2>

<h2>Along with Castle, Al Jazeera also brought on former GOP congressional staffers <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?id=Y0000036687L&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Mark Paoletta</a> and <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/lobbyist.php?id=Y0000022359L&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Laurie Purporo</a>.</h2>

<h2>Al Jazeera certainly isn't the only cable news channel to lobby. All three major cable news networks, or at least their parent corporations, are heavily invested in the activity. From January through June 2013, MSNBC parent company <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000461&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Comcast Corp</a>. spent $9.5 million lobbying; <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000881&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">Time Warner Cable</a>, which owns CNN, $3.8 million; and <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000227&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">21st Century Fox</a>, the company that includes FOX News, $245,000. (FOX News was owned until late June by <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067048&year=2013" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">News Corp</a>., which has spent $2.8 million this year.)</h2>

<h2>Follow Russ: <a href="https://twitter.com/russchoma" target="_blank" style=" outline: none; color: rgb(99, 101, 99);">@russchoma</a></h2>

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<h2>Americans for New Leadership & Liberty.com</h2>

Where:

NV-SEN, DE-SEN

Americans for New Leadership claims to have spent only <a href="http://liberty.com/ads/">$300,000</a> so far in ads attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and supporting his far-right opponent, Sharron Angle. After its first ad, the group was mocked for <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/conservative-group-misspells-sharron-angles-name-in-new-ad-video.php">misspelling</a> Sharron Angle's name. Although it did not air any ads in the Delaware primary, the organization’s website Liberty.com did create an infamous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_F8WA3iBbs&feature=player_embedded">online video</a> which said that Christine O’Donnell’s primary opponent Mike Castle has a male lover.

Who:

The Tea Party-backed group was founded by Tea Party activists <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41262.html">Eric Odom and Yates Walker</a>. Both worked on Christine O’Donnell’s <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/27/charging-the-castle">successful senatorial campaign</a> against Mike Castle in Delaware’s GOP primary, where Walker served as her spokesman and Odom was involved in online organizing. Previously, Odom and Walker worked for Doug Hoffman’s failed 2009 campaign for Congress. A Tea Party activist, Odom is involved with a plethora of Tea Party groups: he founded the website TaxDayTeaParty.com and the American Liberty Bus Tour, and runs the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/11/more-signs-of-tea-party-campaigning-in-2010-the-liberty-first-pac/29946/">Liberty First PAC</a> and the American Liberty Alliance, a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-brantzawadzki/anatomy-of-the-tea-party_b_380626.html">for-profit</a> organization. Erik Erikson, founder of the prominent conservative blog RedState, <a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38686">criticized</a> Odom’s “tangled web” of Tea Party organizations.

Republican activist and Fox News Commentator Dick Morris helped engineer the organization’s growth. Morris asked <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008310032">viewers of Hannity</a> and his email list to donate to Americans for New Leadership, and <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/07/13/dick_morris_fundraising_for_sharron_angle">said</a> in an email solicitation that ��the campaign in Nevada to replace Harry Reid is in a desperate situation and needs your help.” <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2010-08-24-1Agroups24_ST_N.htm">Conservative activists</a> Jen Harrington, who worked in the Bush administration, and Brent Husson, the former executive director of the Nevada Republican Party, are also managing the organization.

About:

Spokesman Yates Walker told Politico that the group intends to capitalize on the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling:

��January’s Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which struck down the law banning corporate spending in elections, paved the way for the new group’s formation, Walker said.” The organization can also raise and spend <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/08/florida-political-operative-plans.html">unlimited amounts</a> of money as an independent committee.

Calling itself the <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41262.html">right-wing version of MoveOn.org</a>, Americans for New Leadership is attempting to strengthen the conservative “netroots” with its independent expenditure effort and website Liberty.com. Their <a href="http://liberty.com/about/">website says</a> that the organization’s mission is to “keep the American electorate informed and vigilantly guarding against the forces on the left who seek to redefine individual liberty, redistribute wealth, and remake America into a socialist, cradle-to-grave nanny state.” Moreover, the group decries the mainstream media as “infiltrated by the activist left” and says that the “fourth estate has become an accomplice to the progressive left’s assault on individual liberty.” It is focusing most of its resources on opposing Harry Reid’s reelection, and manages the website DumpReid.com.

Current attacks:

In a Liberty.com <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/ODonnell_backer_makes_sex_charge_in_Delaware_race.html">video</a>, an anchorwoman criticizing Delaware Congressman and then-Senate candidate Mike Castle responds an anonymous questioner asking “isn’t Mike Castle cheating on his wife with a man?” by saying, “That’s the rumor.” Americans for New Leadership has launched two ads in Nevada. Their first ad not only originally <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/conservative-group-misspells-sharron-angles-name-in-new-ad-video.php">misspelled</a> Sharron Angle’s name, and also asserted that ��Sharron Angle won’t ‘phase-out’ Social Security” and called the charge a “lie.” However, Angle <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/24/harry-reid/during-primary-angle-said-social-security-cant-be-/">explicitly said</a> in a debate that “we need to phase-out Medicare and Social Security out in favor of something privatized” and that Social Security “can't be fixed.” In its second ad, Americans for New Leadership repeats the <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/more-senior-scare/">Medicare funding distortion</a> and <a href="http://politicalcorrection.org/factcheck/201009020005">grossly misrepresents</a> the stimulus plan and the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

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Michael Newbold "Mike" Castle, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican" title="Republican" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a>, is a former U.S. Representative for the At-Large Congressional District of Delaware, having served 1993 to 2011. In September 2010, Castle lost the GOP Senate primary to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tea_Party_Express" title="Tea Party Express">tea party</a> Republican candidate <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christine_O%27Donnell" title="Christine O'Donnell">Christine O'Donnell</a>. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democrat" title="Democrat" class="mw-redirect">Democrat</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Chris_Coons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Coons (page does not exist)">Chris Coons</a> then won the general election.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Gun_control">1.3 Gun control</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#National_security_and_foreign_policy">1.4 National security and foreign policy</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#2006_elections">2.1 2006 elections</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Committees_and_affiliations">4 Committees and affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Committees">4.1 Committees</a>

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<li class="toclevel-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress_.282005-2006.29">4.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#More_background_data">5 More background data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Former_contact">6 Former contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Articles_and_resources">7 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#References">7.1 References</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Resources">7.2 Resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Related_SourceWatch_articles">7.3 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#External_articles">7.4 External articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">7.5 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li>

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<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

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Castle voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a> that started the Iraq War.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a>

<div style=" margin: 0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding: .25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._House_of_Representatives_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War">U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Gun control</h3>

The Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007 <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h96/show" class="external text" title="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h96/show" rel="nofollow">(H.R.96)</a> is <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._gun_control_legislation" title="U.S. gun control legislation">U.S. gun control legislation</a> introduced on January 4, 2007 by Rep. Castle. It would require background checks for all firearm sales at gun shows.

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<dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gun_Show_Loophole_Closing_Act_of_2007" title="Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007">Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2007</a></dd>

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<h3>National security and foreign policy</h3>

In early May 2007, Rep. Castle attended a meeting, organized by Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charlie_Dent" title="Charlie Dent">Charlie Dent</a> (R-Pa.), between several moderate Republicans in the House and President Bush to express their concerns over the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=War_in_Iraq" title="War in Iraq">War in Iraq</a>. The group warned the President that his pursuit of the war in Iraq was risking the future of the Republican Party, and that he could not count on Republican support for much longer. Despite their concerns, each of the members promised to oppose the short-term funding measure for the War that was being considered in the House.

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<dd>Main article: <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S.Troop_Readiness,Veterans%27_Care,Katrina_Recovery,and_Iraq_Accountability_Appropriations_Act,2007%28H.R.2206%29" title="U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (H.R.2206)" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (H.R.2206)</a></dd>

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Castle was born July 2, 1939 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was educated at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Georgetown University School of Law.

He served as Delaware's Deputy Attorney General from 1965 until 1966, when was then elected to the Delaware House of Representatives. He served one term, and was then elected to the Delaware State Senate, serving two terms (1969/70- 1975/76).

He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1980 and served one term from 1981 to 1985. In 1984 he was elected Governor of Delaware and served two terms until he resigned to begin his term as U.S. Representative in 1993.

EPA harless?

Castle is president of The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a> and is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in the House. In May 2005, he co-sponsored a successful bill to overturn <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_Walker_Bush" title="George Walker Bush">President Bush</a>'s ban on federal funding for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stem_cell_research" title="Stem cell research" class="mw-redirect">stem cell research</a>. In the wake of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_DeLay" title="Tom DeLay" class="mw-redirect">Tom DeLay</a>'s indictment in September 2005, E.J. Dionne named Castle as one of four lawmakers capable of leading an anticorruption reform of the Republican party. Castle is a member of various Moderate/Liberal Republican Organizations such as Republicans For Enviornmental Protection, The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans For Choice and Christine Todd Whitman's Its My Party Too.

<h3>2006 elections</h3>

In 2006, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Party" title="Democratic Party" class="mw-redirect">Democrats</a> nominated <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dennis_Spivack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dennis Spivack (page does not exist)">Dennis Spivack</a> to face Castle in her November 2006 bid for reelection. (See <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S._congressional_elections_in_2006" title="U.S. congressional elections in 2006" class="mw-redirect">U.S. congressional elections in 2006</a>) <a href="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=DE&year=2006" class="external autonumber" title="http://opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=DE&year=2006" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> Castle retained his seat.

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00009775&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

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<th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Mike Castle

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th>

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<td>Fundraising profile:</td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td>

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<td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td>

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<td>Top contributors by industry:</td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">2006 election cycle</a></td>

<td><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00009775" rel="nofollow">Career totals</a></td>

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<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Castle%2C+Michael+N" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Castle%2C+Michael+N" rel="nofollow">Revolving door profile for Mike Castle</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00009775" rel="nofollow">2006 privately funded travel profile for Mike Castle</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00009775" class="external text" title="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00009775" rel="nofollow">Personal finance profile for Mike Castle</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" class="external text" title="http://www.OpenSecrets.org" rel="nofollow">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

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<h2>Committees and affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Education_and_Labor" title="House Committee on Education and Labor">House Committee on Education and Labor</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Ranking Member</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="House Committee on Financial Services">House Committee on Financial Services</a>

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<li>Subcommitee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises</li>

<li>Subcommitee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology</li>

<li>Subcommitee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit</li>

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<h4>Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Education_and_the_Workforce" title="House Committee on Education and the Workforce" class="mw-redirect">House Committee on Education and the Workforce</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Education Reform - Chair</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="House Committee on Financial Services">House Committee on Financial Services</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy Trade and Technology</li>

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<li>President, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a></li>

<li>Honorary Board, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Republicans_for_Environmental_Protection" title="Republicans for Environmental Protection">Republicans for Environmental Protection</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></li>

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<h2>More background data</h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H0712103" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=H0712103" rel="nofollow">Background information on Mike Castle from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

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<li><a href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H0712103" class="external text" title="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=H0712103" rel="nofollow">Interest group scorecard ratings for Mike Castle from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c000243" class="external text" title="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/c000243" rel="nofollow">Voting record for Mike Castle from the Washington Post database</a></li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=DE00&site=congressmerge" class="external text" title="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=DE00&site=congressmerge" rel="nofollow">Information on Mike Castle from Congress Merge</a></li>

</ul>

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Castle" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Castle" rel="nofollow">Mike Castle</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL" rel="nofollow">GFDL</a>.

<h2>Former contact</h2>

DC Office:

1233 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515-0801

Phone: 202-225-4165

Fax: 202-225-2291

<a href="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" class="external text" title="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" rel="nofollow">Web Email</a>

<a href="http://www.house.gov/castle/index.html" class="external text" title="http://www.house.gov/castle/index.html" rel="nofollow">Website</a>

District Office - Dover:

J. Allen Frear Federal Building

300 South New Street

Dover, DE 19904

Phone: 302-736-1666

TollFree: 800-292-9541

Fax: 302-736-6580

District Office - Georgetown:

Phone: 302-856-3334

District Office - Wilmington:

201 North Walnut Street, Suite 107

Wilmington, DE 19801-3970

Phone: 302-428-1902

Fax: 302-428-1950

<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

<h3>References</h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Michael_N.Castle" class="external text" title="http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Michael_N.Castle" rel="nofollow">Mike Castle profile</a>, The Washington Post, accessed January 2011.</li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml" class="external text" title="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2002/roll455.xml" rel="nofollow">Roll call vote</a>, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Castle#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.rep.org/AboutREP/HonBoard.html" class="external text" title="http://www.rep.org/AboutREP/HonBoard.html" rel="nofollow">Honorary Board</a>, Republicans for Environmental Protection, accessed September 14, 2010.</li>

</ol>

<h3>Resources</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.house.gov/castle/" class="external text" title="http://www.house.gov/castle/" rel="nofollow">Official website</a></li>

<li><a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/DE01_109.gif" class="external text" title="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/DE01_109.gif" rel="nofollow">Delaware Congressional District from the National Atlas</a></li>

<li><a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000243" class="external text" title="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000243" rel="nofollow">Bio in Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castle.html#R9M0IS4PH" class="external text" title="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castle.html#R9M0IS4PH" rel="nofollow">The Political Graveyard by Lawrence Kestenbaum</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/board.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/board.htm" rel="nofollow">Main Street Republican Partnership</a></li>

<li>Pickett, Russell S. <a href="http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov5.htm#castle" class="external text" title="http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov5.htm#castle" rel="nofollow">Delaware's Governors</a>.</li>

<li>Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/elections.html" class="external text" title="http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/elections.html" rel="nofollow">Election Statistics</a>.</li>

<li><a href="http://opensecrets.org/races/index.asp" class="external text" title="http://opensecrets.org/races/index.asp" rel="nofollow">Open Secrets</a> - 2006 congressional races database</li>

</ul>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Freedom%27s_Watch" title="Freedom's Watch">Freedom's Watch</a></li>

</ul>

<h3>External articles</h3>

<ul>

<li>John Aloysius Farrell, <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_4033656" class="external text" title="http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_4033656" rel="nofollow">"Rove: Bush to veto DeGette bill,"</a> Denver Post, July 10, 2006: "Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stem_cell_research" title="Stem cell research" class="mw-redirect">stem-cell research</a>, White House aide <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Karl_Rove" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a> said today" ... "legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Diana_DeGette" title="Diana DeGette">Diana DeGette</a>, D-Denver, and Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del."</li>

<li>Greg Sargent, <a href="http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/feb/14/more_gop_house_members_defect_and_back_anti_escalation_resolution" class="external text" title="http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2007/feb/14/more_gop_house_members_defect_and_back_anti_escalation_resolution" rel="nofollow">"More GOP House Members Defect And Back Anti-Escalation Resolution,"</a> TPM Cafe, February 14, 2007.</li>

<li>Jonathan Weisman, <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003572866_iraqcong15.html" class="external text" title="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003572866_iraqcong15.html" rel="nofollow">"Bush losing Republicans over plan for Iraq war,"</a> Washington Post (The Seattle Times), February 15, 2007.</li>

<li>David Espo, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2875762" class="external text" title="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2875762" rel="nofollow">"GOP Opposition to Bush Plan Forms,"</a> Associated Press (ABC News), February 15, 2007. (See page 3.)</li>

<li>Phoenix Woman, <a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/30/the-rubber-stampers-latest-contortion/#more-10631" class="external text" title="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/07/30/the-rubber-stampers-latest-contortion/#more-10631" rel="nofollow">"The Rubber-Stampers’ Latest Contortion,"</a> Firedoglake Blog, July 30, 2007.</li>

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<h3>Local blogs and discussion sites</h3>

Corresponding article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Castle" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Castle" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Mike_Castle" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Mike_Castle" rel="nofollow">Cause Caller</a>. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" rel="nofollow">senators</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" rel="nofollow">representatives</a>.)