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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Republican U.S. House • Georgia 01 · Georgia 01
State
Georgia
Salary
$174,000/year
Tenure
11 years, 3 months
3614
Recorded Votes
179
Became Law
19
Bills Sponsored
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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter is a Republican Representative representing Georgia's 1st District in the 111th Congress (2009–2011). Now in their 6th term, they have cast 3614 recorded votes, seen 179 measures become law, and sponsored 19 bills. They won their 2022 election with 59.1% of the vote, a 18.2-point margin. Up for re-election November 2026.

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112-hres738 2012-07-23 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6082) to officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced Yea
112-hres717 2012-06-28 House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5856) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6020) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 4348) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for other purposes.

Committee Yea

Georgia Congressional Delegation

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