Rep. Lynn Westmoreland

District:: Georgia - District 3
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2007-2015	Representative, Georgia's 3^rd District
2005-2006	Representative, Georgia's 8^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Westmoreland is a lonley far-right Republican follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. Westmoreland’s bills have had a total of 25 cosponsors in the 113^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare Westmoreland to other members of the House of Representatives on leadership and ideology.

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Committee Membership

Lynn Westmoreland sits on the following committees:

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to Apr 2014, Westmoreland missed 414 of 7,169 roll call votes, which is 5.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	18^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	24	8.8%	91^st
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	53^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	9	5.5%	77^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	7	8.6%	89^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	38^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	10	6.3%	85^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	1	3.7%	55^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	7	3.3%	71^st
2007 Apr-Jun	393	79	20.1%	98^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	9	2.8%	67^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	36	13.7%	96^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	10	6.7%	74^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	3	0.9%	18^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	7	3.4%	60^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	26	14.9%	98^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	35	11.6%	96^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	23	8.6%	93^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	21	10.8%	92^nd
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	71^st
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	35^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	64^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	58^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	53^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	3	3.4%	66^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	33	15.3%	96^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	40^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	76^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	19	12.8%	93^rd
2014 Apr-Apr	29	2	6.9%	81^st