Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Bob" Birthdate: b. 09/22/1952 Birthplace: Holyoke, MA District: represents VA-06 Political Party: Republican Religion: Christian Scientist Education: JD, Washington and Lee University, 1977 BA, Government, Bates College, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 153,187 (75.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (139) farm (119) tax (67) oil (58) virginia (56)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $884,031 (#202) Spent 70% (#295) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 48% (#298) From PACs 43% (#270) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 12 (#435) Total cost $12,548,000 (#419) Received 11 (#436) Total cost $2,719,500 (#496) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 60% right-wing (#70) Predictable 90% (#362) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 823 words (#273) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,379 (#174) Introduced 90 (#182) Debated 29 (#68) Enacted 6 (#122) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Lonnie Pilgrim $12,600 from June 23, 2003 to March 29, 2007 2 William Lemon $9,000 from December 19, 2003 to March 25, 2008 3 Ronald Blum $8,000 from March 22, 2001 to April 13, 2006 4 Frank Longaker $7,000 from March 5, 2001 to March 25, 2008 5 Leon Harris $7,000 from March 10, 2001 to April 26, 2006 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $133,000 2 Pilgrims Pride $25,850 3 Foot Levelers $9,500 4 Egg Factory $9,000 5 Management Concepts $8,300 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 2 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $5,000 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 4 Mr. Kenneth E. Auer - Farm Credit Council $5,000 5 Mr. Charles D. Fox Iv - Mcguirewoods, Llp $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400154 (GovTrack), N00009154 (OpenSecrets), G000289 (Congressional Bio), 39308 (ICPSR), 27116 (Vote Smart), H2VA06115 (FEC)