Patrick McHenry, Representative for North Carolina's 10th Congressional District

McHenry is the representative for North Carolina’s 10^th congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jan 4, 2005. McHenry is next up for reelection in 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021 unless re-elected.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 Jul 2, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 91% Americans for Prosperity: 90% FreedomWorks: 75% NumbersUSA: 74% The Club for Growth: 52% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D League of Conservation Voters: 9% American Civil Liberties Union: 4% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Patrick McHenry sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member

Enacted Legislation

McHenry was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McHenry sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (67%) Taxation (22%) Environmental Protection (11%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

McHenry 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 ...

McHenry voted Yea

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 ...

McHenry voted Aye

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

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 4348 (112th): MAP-21

Passed 373/52 on Jun 29, 2012.

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, MAP-21, is a funding and authorization bill to govern United States federal surface transportation spending. ...

McHenry voted Nay

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

Passed 278/151 on Oct 12, 2011.

McHenry 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 ...

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 1473 (112th): Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

Passed 260/167 on Apr 14, 2011.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 3940 (111th): To clarify the availability of existing funds for political status education in the Territory of Guam, and ...

Passed 386/5 on Sep 30, 2010.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 6532 (110th): To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the Highway Trust Fund balance.

Passed 387/37 on Jul 23, 2008.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 3461 (110th): Safeguarding America’s Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New and Efficient Technologies Act of 2007

Passed 398/6 on Nov 13, 2007.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 3495 (110th): Kids in Disasters Well-being, Safety, and Health Act of 2007

Passed 402/8 on Nov 6, 2007.

McHenry voted Nay

H.R. 1677 (110th): Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007

Passed 407/7 on Apr 17, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Jul 2020, McHenry missed 313 of 10,929 roll call votes, which is 2.9%. This is on par with the median of 2.2% 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
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	17^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	14^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	71^st
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	10	3.6%	77^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	65^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	6	2.8%	65^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	16	4.1%	78^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	14^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	19	7.2%	81^st
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	24^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	37	11.5%	92^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	34^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	37^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	16	5.3%	81^st
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	25^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	3	1.2%	25^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	89^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	20^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	24^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	5	1.8%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	7	2.8%	71^st
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	16^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	22^nd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	42	14.0%	96^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	6	6.7%	80^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	9	4.2%	74^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	9	6.1%	81^st
2014 Apr-Jun	219	6	2.7%	65^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	4	1.6%	58^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%	19^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	22^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	65^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	14	10.9%	91^st
2018 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	2	2.0%	53^rd
2018 Nov-Dec	85	12	14.1%	86^th
2019 Jan-Mar	136	4	2.9%	68^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	3	1.0%	45^th
2019 Jul-Sep	125	7	5.6%	88^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	1	0.7%	27^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	8	7.8%	80^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	10	32.3%	96^th
2020 Jul-Jul	5	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

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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