David McKinley, Representative for West Virginia's 1st Congressional District

McKinley is the representative for West Virginia’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 5, 2011. McKinley is next up for reelection in 2022 and serves until Jan 3, 2023.

McKinley has cosponsored 27 bills introduced in the current Congress by Republican legislators who fomented the terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 by calling for entire states to be disenfranchised in the 2020 presidential election.

Misconduct

In 2016 McKinley received a letter of reproval for remaining a named partner in his prior business after being elected to Congress. The House Committee on Ethics concluded that McKinley violated House rules and issued a letter of reproval.

Sep. 27, 2016

House Committee on Ethics concluded McKinley violated House rules and issued a letter of reproval

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for McKinley.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McKinley is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives 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 has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2017 to Mar 3, 2021. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 83% The Club for Growth: 51% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 6% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Enacted Legislation

McKinley was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

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Does 7 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 sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (27%) Energy (19%) Taxation (14%) Environmental Protection (12%) Labor and Employment (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (5%) Government Operations and Politics (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of McKinley’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

McKinley voted Aye

H.R. 5038: Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019

Passed 260/165 on Dec 11, 2019.

McKinley voted Yea

H.R. 3624: Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019

Passed 226/184 on Oct 18, 2019.

McKinley voted No

H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act

Passed 218/208 on Jun 18, 2015.

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. ...

McKinley voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

McKinley voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

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 ...

McKinley voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

McKinley voted Nay

H.R. 1339 (112th): To designate the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United ...

Passed 413/6 on Mar 28, 2012.

McKinley voted Nay

H.Res. 501 (112th): Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding any final measure to extend the payroll tax ...

Passed 226/185 on Dec 20, 2011.

McKinley voted Nay

H.R. 3080 (112th): United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

Passed 278/151 on Oct 12, 2011.

McKinley voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

McKinley voted Nay

H.Con.Res. 34 (112th): Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary ...

Passed 235/193 on Apr 15, 2011.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2011 to Mar 2021, McKinley missed 36 of 6,361 roll call votes, which is 0.6%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	19^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	8	3.2%	76^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	5	2.4%	55^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	1	0.7%	29^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	6	11.8%	85^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	4	2.8%	58^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	3	1.2%	49^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	1	0.5%	18^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	2	0.9%	39^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	3	1.5%	64^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	1	0.5%	16^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Oct-Dec	40	1	2.5%	42^nd
2021 Jan-Mar	62	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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