Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Bob Goodlatte
Robert Goodlatte was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 5 bills that became law (113th–115th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7068 End Catch and Release ActNov 15, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 1695 Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017Sep 26, 2018 · Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-613.
- H.R. 6417 AG and Legal Workforce ActSep 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 6730 Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2018Sep 13, 2018 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 6.
- H.R. 6786 To protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in class action lawsuits by federally…Sep 12, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2942 (103rd) George Washington National Forest Mount Pleasant Scenic Area ActBecame law
- H.R. 4323 (113th) Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 1753 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 419 Rutherford Avenue, N.E., in Roanoke, Virginia, as the "M. Caldwell Butler Post…Became law
- H.R. 2265 (105th) No Electronic Theft (NET) ActBecame law
- H.R. 1847 (105th) Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 3408 (109th) To reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 and to amend the swine reporting provisions of that Act.Became law
- H.R. 1067 (113th) To make revisions in title 36, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical corrections and improvements.Became law
- H.R. 1068 (113th) To enact title 54, United States Code, "National Park Service and Related Programs", as positive law.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Goodlatte has won
Rep. Goodlatte has won 13 U.S. House elections (1992–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.1 to 63.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Virginia’s 6th district done while Rep. Goodlatte served?
2012 to 2018 in VA-6: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.6 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Virginia’s 6th district during Goodlatte’s time representing it (1993 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. VA-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1993 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 31 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 31 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 29 | See the 29 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 10 | See the 10 → |
| With a committee report listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.