From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

What McDonald Rivet said and did, by issue

Method

By congress.gov policy area. Statements are McDonald Rivet’s press releases on each area; bills are the ones they sponsored and how far they got; votes show how often they sided with Democrats on party-line votes, next to the party median.

Statements, bills and votes all cover the 119th Congress so far, since Jan 2025. 117 press releases counted; 7 ceremonial ones (honors, condolences, holidays) not counted.

IssueStatementsBills sponsored Votes with DemocratsClosest final vote
Taxation 20 · 17% 3Furthest: Introduced 50% of 2 · median 100% Nay H.Res. 1156 219–207
Transportation and Public Works 19 · 16% 2Furthest: Introduced 100% of 2 · median 100% Nay H.R. 7084 247–164
Government Operations and Politics 22 · 19% 1Furthest: Introduced 64% of 14 · median 94% Nay H.R. 77 212–208

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Bills and votes carry congress.gov’s policy areas. A press release takes the policy area of the main issue it is filed under, else the area the AI reading gave it; releases from before we read them with AI are matched by keywords in their title and first sentence. A count is a fact, not a judgment: members also legislate through amendments, appropriations and other members’ bills.