Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Representative · GA-1 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 6, 2015

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Working relationships

How often this member works with colleagues across party lines, from bill sponsorships and recorded votes in this Congress. Bills are H.R., S., H.J.Res. and S.J.Res.; resolutions, post office namings, and Congressional Gold Medal and commemorative coin bills are left out. Independents are counted with the party they caucus with. These figures describe the public record; they do not measure effectiveness or ideology.

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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Representative · GA-1 · R

Current term Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027 · In the House since Jan 6, 2015

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Portrait: U.S. Government Publishing Office, via unitedstates/images (public domain)

Working relationships

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

42%

18 of 43 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

10%

32 of 334 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

99%

On 449 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 444 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

11%

On 503 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 57 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Gregory F. MurphyRNC-36 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Rick W. AllenRGA-123 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Neal P. DunnRFL-23 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Mike KellyRPA-167 of theirs · 3 of this member's
August PflugerRTX-116 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Gus M. BilirakisRFL-127 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Randy K. Weber, Sr.RTX-142 of theirs · 7 of this member's
H. Morgan GriffithRVA-95 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Diana HarshbargerRTN-13 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Michael LawlerRNY-173 of theirs · 4 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Eugene Simon VindmanDVA-70 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Donald G. DavisDNC-11 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DGA-20 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Eleanor Holmes NortonDDC (Delegate)0 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Terri A. SewellDAL-70 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Jake AuchinclossDMA-4

Voting most alike

Contested roll calls (at least 10% of yea and nay votes on the losing side) on which both voted yea or nay, and how often they made the same choice. Colleagues who shared too few of these votes with this member are not ranked.

Most alike

Mike JohnsonRLA-499% · 408 of 412
Tony GonzalesRTX-23 · former99% · 317 of 321
David RouzerRNC-798% · 490 of 499
Jefferson ShreveRIN-698% · 488 of 497
Matt Van EppsRTN-798% · 270 of 275

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (10). Furthest along first.

Passed both chambersH.R. 7022Mystic Alerts Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by August Pfluger · original backers: 2 D, 2 R · passed both chambers Sep 30, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 7008Stop Insider Trading Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Bryan Steil · original backers: 1 D, 72 R · passed the House Jul 22, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2821FDA Modernization Act 3.0
Sponsor · original backers: 3 D, 3 R · passed the House Jul 20, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 5362To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Barry Loudermilk · original backers: 5 D, 9 R · passed the House Jul 16, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2071Save Our Shrimpers Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Troy E. Nehls · original backers: 2 D, 16 R · passed the House May 12, 2026

Each member's party on each date comes from congress-legislators term records. Party-line votes are roll calls on which most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides; procedural votes are included. The Vice President's tie-breaking votes and impeachment verdicts are not counted, and a bill enacted as part of another bill counts only at the stage it reached on its own. Medians include everyone who served in the chamber this Congress with enough records (5 sponsored bills, 10 cosponsorships, 25 votes). Computed Oct 23, 2026, 5:50 AM ET from Congress.gov and House and Senate roll calls.

119th Congress, House.

Bills with other-party backing

42%

18 of 43 bills they sponsored had at least one original cosponsor from the other party.

House median 33% · Republicans 35%

Cosponsoring the other party's bills

10%

32 of 334 bills they cosponsored were introduced by a Democrat.

House median 15% · Republicans 10%

Voting with own party

99%

On 449 party-line votes, voted with most Republicans 444 times.

House median 98% · Republicans 98%

Voting with the other party

11%

On 503 contested votes, voted the same way as most Democrats 57 times.

House median 11% · Republicans 11%

Closest collaborators

Counted both ways: bills by the colleague that this member cosponsored, and bills by this member that the colleague cosponsored.

All colleagues

Gregory F. MurphyRNC-36 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Rick W. AllenRGA-123 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Neal P. DunnRFL-23 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Mike KellyRPA-167 of theirs · 3 of this member's
August PflugerRTX-116 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Gus M. BilirakisRFL-127 of theirs · 2 of this member's
Randy K. Weber, Sr.RTX-142 of theirs · 7 of this member's
H. Morgan GriffithRVA-95 of theirs · 3 of this member's
Diana HarshbargerRTN-13 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Michael LawlerRNY-173 of theirs · 4 of this member's

Across the aisle (Democrats)

Eugene Simon VindmanDVA-70 of theirs · 7 of this member's
Donald G. DavisDNC-11 of theirs · 4 of this member's
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DGA-20 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Eleanor Holmes NortonDDC (Delegate)0 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Terri A. SewellDAL-70 of theirs · 5 of this member's
Jake AuchinclossDMA-4

Voting most alike

Most alike

Mike JohnsonRLA-499% · 408 of 412
Tony GonzalesRTX-23 · former99% · 317 of 321
David RouzerRNC-798% · 490 of 499
Jefferson ShreveRIN-698% · 488 of 497
Matt Van EppsRTN-798% · 270 of 275

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Bills this member sponsored or joined as an original cosponsor, with original backers from both parties, that passed at least one chamber (10). Furthest along first.

Passed both chambersH.R. 7022Mystic Alerts Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by August Pfluger · original backers: 2 D, 2 R · passed both chambers Sep 30, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 7008Stop Insider Trading Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Bryan Steil · original backers: 1 D, 72 R · passed the House Jul 22, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2821FDA Modernization Act 3.0
Sponsor · original backers: 3 D, 3 R · passed the House Jul 20, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 5362To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the "Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic".
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Barry Loudermilk · original backers: 5 D, 9 R · passed the House Jul 16, 2026
Passed the HouseH.R. 2071Save Our Shrimpers Act
Original cosponsor · sponsored by Troy E. Nehls · original backers: 2 D, 16 R · passed the House May 12, 2026

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Working relationships

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

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Voting most alike

Most alike

Bipartisan bills that advanced

Closest collaborators

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Across the aisle (Democrats)

Voting most alike

Most alike

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Most alike among Democrats