![Photo of Rep. David McKinley [R-WV1]](/data/photos/412487-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for McKinley.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills McKinley has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). McKinley is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
David McKinley sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Environment
- Member, Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
Enacted Legislation
McKinley was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1802 (114th): Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015
- H.R. 472 (114th): Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
McKinley sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Energy (24%) Taxation (13%) Health (13%) Labor and Employment (13%) Environmental Protection (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) International Affairs (8%) Government Operations and Politics (7%)
Recent Bills
Some of McKinley’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 3416: To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Rural and Mountainous ...
- H.R. 3256: RIVER Act of 2017
- H.R. 3233: Fair Trade Accessibility and Accountability Act of 2017
- H.R. 3142: Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Act of 2017
- H.R. 3143: Capitalizing on American Storage Potential Act
- H.R. 3017: Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act of 2017
- H.R. 2999: Patients’ Access to Treatments Act of 2017
Voting Record
Key Votes
| McKinley’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
H.R. 511: Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Nov 17, 2015. Passed 249/177.
|
| Yea |
H.R. 719: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016
Sep 30, 2015. Passed 277/151.
This was a vote to agree to the provisions to keep the government funded through December 11, 2015 that the Senate had added in a previous vote. With this vote, the House approved the Senate's changes to the bill, with the government funding provisions, sending ... |
| Aye |
H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II
Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
|
| No |
H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act
Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208.
This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ... |
| Yea |
H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015
May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88.
The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ... |
| Aye |
H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
|
| Nay |
H.R. 3080 (112th): United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Oct 12, 2011. Passed 278/151.
|
| No |
H.R. 3078 (112th): United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
Oct 12, 2011. Passed 262/167.
|
| Aye |
H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117.
The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ... |
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Jul 2017, McKinley missed 34 of 4,573 roll call votes, which is 0.7%. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills
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