• Republican Party (GOP) Congressman
  from Texas's 22nd congressional
  district from 1985-2006 (resigned)
   
• Republican Party (GOP) House Deputy
  Minority Whip from 1988 to 1995
   
• Republican Party (GOP) House
  Majority Whip from 1995 to 2003
   
• Republican Party (GOP) House Majority
  Leader from 2003 to 2005
   
• Indicted on a felony conspiracy charge
  involving political money laundering
   
• Convicted of money laundering
  and conspiracy in January 2011
  and sentenced to three years in prison