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During a secret meeting on the night before the start of the [[115th United States Congress|115th Congress]], Goodlatte led an attempt by House Republicans to reduce the reach of the independent [[Office of Congressional Ethics]]. The Office was created in 2008 after numerous infractions involving Republican lobbyist [[Jack Abramoff]], resulting in the imprisonment of House member [[Bob Ney]].<ref name="twsNYT4849">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/with-no-warning-house-republicans-vote-to-hobble-independent-ethics-office.html?_r=0|title=With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office|date=January 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|quote=...Goodlatte announced on Monday that the House Republican Conference had approved a change to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics...|author=Eric Lipton|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> The proposed amendment to House Rules, spearheaded by Goodlatte, gave the [[House Ethics Committee]] - made up of partisan elected officials - oversight of what would be the renamed Office and power to stop inquiries that had the potential to lead to criminal charges. It would have also blocked the Office's staff from speaking with reporters and other news media members.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/jan/03/house-gops-ethics-vote-what-was-all-about-anyway/|title=The House GOP's ethics vote: What was that about, anyway?|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|date=2017-01-03|newspaper=PolitiFact|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref>
The amendment passed during the secret meeting, but its fortunes were reversed once news of the measure leaked out. The proposed changes immediately drew strong criticism from prominent figures on both sides of the aisle, including House Minority Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]], President-elect [[Donald Trump]], and even Abramoff himself.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/house-ethics-panel-jack-abramoff-233126|title=Jack Abramoff slams GOP over House ethics changes|last=Goldmacher|first=Shane|date=2016-01-03|newspaper=Politico|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref> Additionally, social media catalyzed a swift reaction from constituents, with [[Google]] reporting that searches for "Who is my representative" surged in the hours following the public unveiling of the mooted changes to the Office.<ref>{{Cite news|url=
====Budget====
One of Goodlatte's legislative initiatives was his constitutional amendment to require a balanced [[United States federal budget|federal budget]]. Goodlatte wrote and put forward both the "clean" [[Balanced Budget Amendment]] which had a higher chance of actually passing the House and the Senate as well as a version that makes it harder to increase taxes by requiring a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers to raise taxes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atr.org/conservatives-congress-vote-weak-balanced-budget-a6580|title=Conservatives to Congress: Vote NO on a Weak Balanced Budget Amendment|author=Mattie Duppler|date=2011-11-09|access-date=2012-06-03|publisher=Americans for Tax Reform}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=
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* Congressional Internet Caucus (Co-Chair)
* Congressional Civil Justice Caucus (Co-Chair)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/civil-justice-caucus |title=Bob Goodlatte – Virginia 6th District :: Civil Justice Caucus |publisher=Goodlatte.house.gov |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918195217/http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/civil-justice-caucus
* Congressional Pro Life Caucus<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/family-values |title=Bob Goodlatte – Virginia 6th District :: Family Values |publisher=Goodlatte.house.gov |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730154245/http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/family-values
* Congressional Prayer Caucus<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
* Congressional Caucus on Adoption
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* Iraq Fallen Heroes Caucus
* Shipbuilding Caucus
* Air Force Caucus<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/national-defense |title=Bob Goodlatte – Virginia 6th District :: Military/National Defense |publisher=Goodlatte.house.gov |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805113608/http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/national-defense
* Congressional Cement Caucus
* [[Republican Study Committee]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Member List|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|publisher=Republican Study Committee|access-date=17 November 2017|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101195017/https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Personal life==
Goodlatte has been married since 1974; he and his wife have two children.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Goodlatte – Family|url=http://www.goodlatte.house.gov/pages/about-bob|access-date=2014-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205195632/http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/about-bob
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