Brooks is the representative for Alabama’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Brooks is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
![Photo of Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL5]](/static/legislator-photos/412395-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Brooks is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Brooks has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to May 13, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Mo Brooks sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Brooks was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Brooks sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Immigration (48%) Crime and Law Enforcement (19%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Transportation and Public Works (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%) Social Welfare (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Brooks recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 7356: TPS Reform Act of 2022
- H.R. 6829: Freedom to Fly Maskless Act of 2022
- H.R. 6378: Local Control Act
- H.R. 5835: Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates Act
- H.R. 4684: Civilian Aviation Certification Equity Act of 2021
- H.R. 4080: China COVID–19 Restitution Act
- H.R. 3375: No Sanctuary for Criminals Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to May 2022, Brooks missed 142 of 6,933 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills