Rep. Virgil Goode Jr.
Former Representative from Virginia's 5th District
Elected Positions
| Dates | Title | Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Representative | Virginia's 5th District |
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Sponsorship Analysis
Goode was a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Goode’s time serving in the House of Representatives.
Use this chart to compare Goode to other members of the House of Representatives in the 110th Congress on leadership and ideology.
This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.
Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship
Some of Goode’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 6806 (110th): Citizenship Should Count for Something Act
- H.R. 5865 (110th): To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require ...
- H.R. 5631 (110th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at ...
- H.J.Res. 75 (110th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to ...
- H.R. 4144 (110th): To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA benefits ...
- H.J.Res. 60 (110th): Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for ...
- H.R. 2510 (110th): To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the inscription “In ...
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Voting Record
From Jan 1997 to Dec 2008, Goode missed 145 of 7,708 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2008. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- THOMAS, for sponsored bills