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 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 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. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Americans for Prosperity: 93% United States Chamber of Commerce: 87% The Club for Growth: 78% FreedomWorks: 75% NumbersUSA: 74% NIAC Action: D The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: D American Civil Liberties Union: 5% League of Conservation Voters: 3% Human Rights Campaign: 0% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 0%

Committee Membership

Patrick McHenry sits on the following committees:

House Committee on Financial Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Investment
- Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Enacted Legislation

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

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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 (60%) Taxation (32%) Environmental Protection (8%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

McHenry’s Vote	Vote Description
Aye	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. 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. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. 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 the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	H.R. 4348 (112th): MAP-21 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 373/52. 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. It was passed by Congress on June 29, 2012 and President Barack Obama signed it on July 6. The vote ...
Nay	H.R. 3080 (112th): United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Oct 12, 2011. Passed 278/151.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. 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 Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 1473 (112th): Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 Apr 14, 2011. Passed 260/167.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2005 to Sep 2018, McHenry missed 268 of 9,989 roll call votes, which is 2.7%. This is on par with the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	1	0.4%	16^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	5	3.4%	68^th
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%	73^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	159	5	3.1%	66^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%	79^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	19	7.2%	82^nd
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	23^rd
2008 Apr-Jun	321	37	11.5%	93^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	33^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	2	1.1%	36^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%	27^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	13^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	21	9.6%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	1	0.7%	21^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	45^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	5	1.8%	60^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	7	2.8%	72^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	1	0.5%	18^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	24^th
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%	83^rd
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%	82^nd
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%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
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%	89^th
2018 Apr-Jun	184	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Sep	86	2	2.3%	54^th

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

Patrick McHenry is pronounced:

PAT-chrik // muh-KEN-ree

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
CH ch	chin
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
I i	pin
K k	king
M m	man
N n	not
P p	pen
R r	rag
T t	top
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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