Accountability file

Record & events

• resignation: He resigned before being sworn into Congress. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: Babin and DeLay denied his allegations. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: Cloeren pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations, paid a $400,000 fine and received a two-year suspended prison sentence. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• resignation: McDonald gained national attention when he simultaneously came out of the closet as a gay man and resigned as campaign manager. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• resignation: According to The Dallas Morning News, McDonald announced his resignation via press release without discussing it with Babin, and his sudden departure left those in the campaign shocked and confused. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• resignation: McDonald generated further press coverage when he said in an interview after his resignation that Babin had made disparaging remarks about homosexuals in private, which Babin adamantly denied. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• resignation: An article by Hastings Wyman of the Southern Political Report suggested that McDonald was forced to resign by the local media threatening to "out" him. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• resignation: The resignation received widespread national media attention because of the sensationalistic way it transpired. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: He said that he didn't want to vote for Boehner to reflect dissatisfaction with him in his district, particularly over the Cromnibus. (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: But he declined to vote for another candidate because "he would have preferred to see Boehner denied reelection on the first ballot, forcing a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at which a replacement might emerge." On January 25, in an inte… (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: His bill would force the Supreme Court Justices to enroll in Obamacare and purchase health insurance under the health exchanges, so that they could, as he said, "understand the full impact of their decisions on the American people [and] … (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: He praised Cruz's "conservative leadership and fortitude" and said that he "will speak honestly to the American people". (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: The bill calls for a "temporary halt to the refugee program until the general accounting office can do an assessment of just exactly how much this is costing the taxpayer." Babin said that this was urgently necessary because the refugee … (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• disposition: On October 20, 2016, Babin defended comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton "a nasty woman" at the final presidential debate, saying "sometimes a lady needs to be told when she's being nasty." In … (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]
• statement: In a September 2021 Newsmax interview, Babin said that Democrats were using immigration to "replace the American electorate with a third world electorate." These comments came one day after Tucker Carlson discussed the Great Replacement … (as of 2026-07-18T01:49:00.216Z) — Wikipedia [cc-attribution]