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Robert William Goodlatte

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1993–2019ID G000289
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 10,030 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 10,030 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1997 → 1999
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19931999200520112017
2017–18115th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.2%with Democrats
of 824 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1997 → 1999, −3 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

1 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 21, 2018S. 3628National Flood Insurance Program Extention ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.Con.Res. 148Correct Enrollment to S. 3628LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 7388National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 3456To redesignate Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge as the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, and for other purposesLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018H.R. 62879/11 Memorial ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 1934Alaska Remote Generator Reliability and Protection ActLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 2018S. 512Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 21, 2018S. 3247Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic and Empowerment ActLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 824 contested votes scored in the 115th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Congress0.3% · 2,566 votes
Economics and Public Finance6.7% · 2,327 votes
Armed Forces and National Security8.2% · 636 votes
Government Operations and Politics3% · 461 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources5.6% · 321 votes
Taxation0.4% · 283 votes
Finance and Financial Sector1.1% · 277 votes
Energy1.8% · 271 votes
Health2.6% · 266 votes
Environmental Protection0.8% · 241 votes
International Affairs8.9% · 236 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement1.4% · 209 votes
Education4.6% · 174 votes
Labor and Employment1.2% · 171 votes
Emergency Management4.9% · 164 votes
Transportation and Public Works9.4% · 160 votes
Law2.1% · 144 votes
Agriculture and Food13.6% · 125 votes
Housing and Community Development3.4% · 117 votes
Science, Technology, Communications1.8% · 112 votes
Water Resources Development12.5% · 80 votes
Commerce13.9% · 79 votes
Immigration3.5% · 57 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance1.8% · 55 votes
Social Welfare0% · 42 votes
Native Americans0% · 38 votes
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7.1% · 28 votes
Commemorations0% · 25 votes
Animals15.8% · 19 votes
Families0% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes

They also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Private Legislation, Social Sciences and History.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

13 Congresses
103rd · 1993115th · 2017
Republican · House · VA103rd–115th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
RG

Robert William Goodlatte

Representative from Virginia
HOUSER1993–201913 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
4.1%with Democrats
of 10,030 votes · 95.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 10,030 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1997→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019932017
2017–18 · 115th · Republican · of 824 votes1.2%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 824 contested votes scored in the 115th

By policy area

career
Congress0.3% · 2,566
Economics and Public Finance6.7% · 2,327
Armed Forces and National Security8.2% · 636
Government Operations and Politics3% · 461
Public Lands and Natural Resources5.6% · 321
Taxation0.4% · 283
Finance and Financial Sector1.1% · 277
Energy1.8% · 271
Health2.6% · 266
Environmental Protection0.8% · 241
International Affairs8.9% · 236
Crime and Law Enforcement1.4% · 209
Education4.6% · 174
Labor and Employment1.2% · 171
Emergency Management4.9% · 164
Transportation and Public Works9.4% · 160
Law2.1% · 144
Agriculture and Food13.6% · 125
Housing and Community Development3.4% · 117
Science, Technology, Communications1.8% · 112
Water Resources Development12.5% · 80
Commerce13.9% · 79
Immigration3.5% · 57
Foreign Trade and International Finance1.8% · 55
Social Welfare0% · 42
Native Americans0% · 38
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues7.1% · 28
Commemorations0% · 25
Animals15.8% · 19
Families0% · 10
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 9
Sports and Recreation— · 2

Also voted in 2 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Private Legislation, Social Sciences and History.

Service record

103rd · 1993115th · 2017
Republican103rd–115th

Party switchers

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