Griffith is the representative for Virginia’s 9th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. Griffith is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.
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![Photo of Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA9]](/static/legislator-photos/412485-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Griffith.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Griffith 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 Griffith has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 16, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Morgan Griffith sits on the following committees:
Enacted Legislation
Griffith was the primary sponsor of 6 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 446 (115th): To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
- H.R. 447 (115th): To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project.
- H.R. 5801 (115th): Medicaid Providers Are Required To Note Experiences in Record Systems to Help In-need Patients Act
- H.R. 5812 (115th): Creating Opportunities that Necessitate New and Enhanced Connections That Improve Opioid Navigation Strategies Act of 2018
- H.R. 2880 (115th): Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act
- H.R. 3089 (113th): Compounding Clarity Act of 2013
Does 6 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
Griffith sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (45%) Energy (16%) Government Operations and Politics (11%) Taxation (9%) Environmental Protection (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of Griffith’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 8516: To provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to Maryland, and ...
- H.R. 7493: Granny Pods Study Act of 2020
- H.Res. 1026: Expressing the sense of Congress that responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by the ...
- H.R. 7352: BROADBAND Leadership Act
- H.R. 6919: Advancing Quantum Computing Act
- H.R. 6604: Commerce Spectrum Coordination Act of 2020
- H.Res. 788: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Office of the Speaker of the ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Oct 2020, Griffith missed 109 of 6,264 roll call votes, which is 1.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% 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
