Rep. David McKinley’s 2020 Report Card
Representative
from West Virginia's 1st District
Republican
Served Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 3, 2023
These statistics cover McKinley’s record during the 116th Congress (Jan 3, 2019-Jan 3, 2021) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Jan 30, 2021.
A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of McKinley’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.
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Got bicameral support on the 5th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 2 others)The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing Those bills were: H.R. 1796: Carbon Capture Modernization Act; H.R. 2205: Water Quality Certification Improvement Act …; H.R. 3219: United States Call Center Worker …; H.R. 3361: RIVER Act; H.R. 3812: Reforming Evergreening and Manipulation that …; H.R. 4433: Appalachian Regional Energy Hub Initiative …; H.R. 4434: Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act; H.R. 7593: TREATS Act; H.R. 8051: US MADE Act of 2020 Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (84th percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (86th percentile). Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service. |
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Was 5th most present in votes compared to Serving 10+ Years (tied with 2 others)McKinley missed 0.1% of votes (1 of 954 votes) in the 116th Congress. View McKinley’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (2nd percentile); All Representatives (3rd percentile). The Speaker of the House, per current House rules, is not required to vote in “ordinary legislative proceedings” and is never recorded as missing a vote, and may not be included in the comparison with other representatives if not voting. The delegates from the five island territories and the District of Columbia are not eligible to vote in most roll call votes and so may not appear here if not elligible for any vote during the time period of these statistics. |
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Ranked the 7th top leader compared to House RepublicansOur unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the leadership score here may differ from McKinley’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (72nd percentile); House Republicans (96th percentile); All Representatives (80th percentile). |
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Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 8th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 1 other)In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 23 of McKinley’s 27 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party McKinley caucused with in the 116th Congress. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (87th percentile); House Republicans (95th percentile); All Representatives (91st percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic. |
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Got the 10th most cosponsors on their bills compared to House RepublicansMcKinley’s bills and resolutions had 584 cosponsors in the 116th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (68th percentile); House Republicans (95th percentile); All Representatives (77th percentile). |
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Joined bipartisan bills the 10th most often compared to Serving 10+ YearsIn this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. Of the 333 bills that McKinley cosponsored, 61% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Republican. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); House Republicans (87th percentile); All Representatives (94th percentile). Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic. |
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Got influential cosponsors the 16th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 15 others)5 of McKinley’s bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward. Those bills were: H.Res. 60: Expressing the sense of the …; H.R. 935: Miners Pension Protection Act; H.R. 3219: United States Call Center Worker …; H.R. 3878: Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious …; H.R. 3927: PDMPs Help Patients Act of … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (51st percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (61st percentile). |
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Got their bills out of committee the 17th most often compared to House Republicans (tied with 14 others)Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. McKinley introduced 4 bills in the 116th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration. Those bills were: H.R. 935: Miners Pension Protection Act; H.R. 3361: RIVER Act; H.R. 3878: Block, Report, And Suspend Suspicious …; H.R. 5616: Improving Safety and Security for … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (55th percentile); House Republicans (84th percentile); All Representatives (59th percentile). |
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Introduced the 26th most bills compared to House Republicans (tied with 3 others)McKinley introduced 27 bills and resolutions in the 116th Congress. View Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (62nd percentile); House Republicans (85th percentile); All Representatives (64th percentile). |
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Cosponsored the 29th most bills compared to House RepublicansMcKinley cosponsored 333 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (46th percentile); House Republicans (85th percentile); All Representatives (46th percentile). |
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Ranked 36th most politically right compared to Serving 10+ YearsOur unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in the 116th Congress is considered, the ideology score here may differ from McKinley’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (81st percentile); House Republicans (45th percentile); All Representatives (75th percentile). |
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Laws EnactedMcKinley introduced 2 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 116th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: H.R. 935: Miners Pension Protection Act; H.R. 5616: Improving Safety and Security for … Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); House Republicans (80th percentile); All Representatives (67th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill. |
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Committee PositionsMcKinley held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View McKinley’s Profile » Compare to all Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Republicans (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile). |
Additional Notes
Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.
Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).
Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 116th Congress) was the 116th Congress (freshmen) or 115th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.
