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Lynn A. Westmoreland

Former

Republican · GA-3 · U.S. House

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.77
Healthcare
R+0.48
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
R+0.66
Crime & Policing
R+0.11
Defense & Veterans
R+1.00
Economy & Labor
R+0.94
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.62
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.43
Education
R+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+0.97
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+1.00

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Lynn A. Westmoreland's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Lynn A. Westmoreland (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Westmoreland's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act
2016-09-22 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing, Government & Democracy
YEA
Modernizing Government Travel Act
2016-09-22 · Passed · Government & Democracy
NAY
Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016
2016-09-22 · Passed · Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5461) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the estimated total assets under direct or indirect control by certain senior Iranian leaders and other figures, and for other purposes.
2016-09-21 · Passed
YEA
Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act of 2016
2016-09-21 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor
YEA
Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act
2016-09-21 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
To amend title 49, United States Code, to include consideration of certain impacts on commercial space launch and reentry activities in a navigable airspace analysis, and for other purposes.
2016-09-21 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to provide to the appropriate committees of Congress advance notice of certain announcements, and for other purposes.
2016-09-21 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
To allow the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into reimbursable agreements for certain airport projects.
2016-09-21 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act
2016-09-20 · Passed · Healthcare, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for an annuity supplement for certain air traffic controllers.
2016-09-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016
2016-09-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy

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