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Kevin McCarthy

Former Representative for California’s 20th District, 2007–2023 · Republican

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured
0.24· expected 1.38

Below expectations

Rank 376 of 445 who served in the House that Congress · expected = average of 227 majority-party members

How far McCarthy’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 10
  2. Action in committee 2
  3. Action beyond committee 2
  4. Passed chamber 0
  5. Became law 0

10 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 10 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How McCarthy’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is McCarthy. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s House.

McCarthy in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

85/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 68 missed of 465

Voted on 397 of 465 roll calls; missed 68. Lower than 96% of House members.

35%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
89/ 100

House R median 95 · Rank 174 of 227

Sided with the Republican majority on 304 votes that split the parties. Lower than 85% of House members.

50%100%
21/ 100

Chamber median 16 · +5

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 80% of House members.

0%60%
+0.45

Republican middle 80%: 0.31 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Bills, 118th Congress

Sponsored 14 (median 21) · cosponsored 9 (median 291). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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