Rep. David McKinley

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for McKinley.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McKinley is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McKinley sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Dec 27, 2022. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

McKinley was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• H.R. 4660 (117th): To designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse located at 1125 Chapline Street in Wheeling, West Virginia, as the “Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. Federal Building and …
• H.R. 1510 (117th): To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of cameras in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• H.R. 4152 (117th): Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative Act
• H.R. 8893 (116th): Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act
• H.R. 5865 (116th): CCUS Innovation Act
• H.R. 5616 (116th): Improving Safety and Security for Veterans Act of 2020
• H.R. 935 (116th): Miners Pension Protection Act

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Does 12 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McKinley sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (37%) Environmental Protection (16%) Energy (16%) Taxation (10%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (5%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

McKinley recently introduced the following legislation:

• H.R. 9027 (117th): Ocean Restoration Research and Development Act of 2022
• H.R. 8774 (117th): Menopause Research Act of 2022
• H.R. 8310 (117th): Well Primacy Certainty Act
• H.R. 8183 (117th): Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022
• H.R. 7556 (117th): Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2022
• H.R. 7404 (117th): The Real Emergencies Act
• H.Res. 1014 (117th): Congratulating the Glenville State University women’s basketball team for winning the National …

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Dec 2022, McKinley missed 146 of 7,297 roll call votes, which is 2.0%. This is on par with the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2022. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills