Woodall was the representative for Georgia’s 7th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2011 to 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA7, 2011-2020]](/static/legislator-photos/412416-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2020 Report Card for Woodall.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Woodall is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2020 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 Woodall sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 28, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Woodall was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 2547 (115th): Veterans Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act of 2017
- H.R. 3739 (114th): Veterans’ Expanded Trucking Opportunities Act
Does 2 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
Woodall sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Transportation and Public Works (43%) International Affairs (29%) Taxation (29%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Woodall recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5773 (116th): Freight Restriction Elimination for Safer Hauling Act of 2019
- H.Res. 159 (116th): Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the March First Movement and Korea’s declaration …
- H.R. 25 (116th): FairTax Act of 2019
- H.Res. 918 (115th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 3249) …
- H.Res. 897 (115th): Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 891 (115th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5698) to amend title 18, …
- H.Res. 844 (115th): Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2020, Woodall missed 79 of 6,299 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is better than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2020. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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
