McHenry is the representative for North Carolina’s 10th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. McHenry is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC10]](/static/legislator-photos/400644-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for McHenry.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
McHenry 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 liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills McHenry has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Patrick McHenry sits on the following committees:
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Financial Services
Enacted Legislation
McHenry was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 1839 (114th): Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises Act of 2015 or the RAISE Act of 2015
- H.R. 2949 (114th): Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act
- H.R. 5585 (109th): Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006
Does 3 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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
McHenry sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Finance and Financial Sector (58%) Taxation (33%) Environmental Protection (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of McHenry’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4767: To promote innovation in financial services, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4458: Cybersecurity and Financial System Resilience Act of 2019
- H.R. 3821: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to make improvements to the regulation ...
- H.R. 1202: Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act of 2019
- H.R. 6380: Crowdfunding Amendments Act
- H.Con.Res. 107: Authorizing Reverend Billy Graham to lie in honor in the rotunda of the ...
- H.R. 4028: PROTECT Act of 2017
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2005 to Oct 2019, McHenry missed 294 of 10,660 roll call votes, which is 2.8%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% 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.
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
