Good is the representative for Virginia’s 5th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 3, 2021. Good is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.
Misconduct
In 2021, Rep. Good was fined for failing to wear a mask on the House floor during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rep. appealed his fine, but the appeal was denied.
Sep. 27, 2021 | House Sergeant at Arms fined Good for failing to wear a mask on the House floor during the COVID-19 pandemic |
![Photo of Rep. Robert “Bob” Good [R-VA5]](/static/legislator-photos/456853-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Good 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 Good has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Jun 28, 2022. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Robert “Bob” Good sits on the following committees:
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Good sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (19%) Crime and Law Enforcement (19%) Education (15%) Immigration (11%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (11%) Labor and Employment (11%) International Affairs (7%) Economics and Public Finance (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Good recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1167: Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1011) to implement equal protection …
- H.R. 7743: Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act
- H.Res. 1077: Less is More Resolution
- H.R. 7058: Federal Student Loan Integrity Act
- H.R. 7024: Every Town A Border Town Act
- H.R. 6628: Close Biden’s Open Border Act
- H.R. 6446: One Citizen One Vote Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2021 to Jun 2022, Good missed 25 of 748 roll call votes, which is 3.3%. This is worse than 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
- Office of Rep. Good for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills