Lynn Westmoreland, Representative for Georgia's 3rd Congressional District

Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Westmoreland has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Westmoreland is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

2015 Statistics

Read our 2015 Report Card for Westmoreland for more statistics.

Committee Membership

Lynn Westmoreland sits on the following committees:

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
- Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security Agency and Cybersecurity
- Member, Subcommittee on Central Intelligence Agency
House Committee on Financial Services
- Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
- Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Member, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade
House Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Westmoreland sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (80%) Government Operations and Politics (20%)

Recent Bills

Some of Westmoreland’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

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From Jan 2005 to Sep 2016, Westmoreland missed 599 of 8,816 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 194 explanations for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	20^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%	76^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	7	8.6%	88^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	4	1.4%	37^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	10	6.3%	84^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%	97^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	9	2.8%	66^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%	99^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	35	11.6%	96^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	23	8.6%	92^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	4	1.6%	33^rd
2010 Jan-Mar	195	21	10.8%	91^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	46^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	3	1.4%	56^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	8	2.8%	73^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	2	0.8%	36^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	4	2.6%	63^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	57^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	55^th
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%	97^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	2	1.0%	41^st
2013 Oct-Dec	137	7	5.1%	77^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	19	12.8%	95^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	4	1.8%	53^rd
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	61^st
2014 Nov-Dec	49	1	2.0%	54^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	3	2.1%	49^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	6	2.5%	71^st
2015 Jul-Sep	139	14	10.1%	90^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	9	5.1%	89^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	72	52.6%	99^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	30	14.7%	93^rd
2016 Jul-Sep	216	45	20.8%	97^th

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
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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