Rep. Cynthia McKinney

Former Representative for Georgia’s 4^th District

McKinney was the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district and was a Democrat. She served from 2005 to 2006.

She was previously the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1997 to 2002; and the representative for Georgia’s 11^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1993 to 1996.

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Photo of Rep. Cynthia McKinney [D-GA4, 2005-2006]

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Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McKinney is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2006 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McKinney sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2001 to Dec 8, 2006. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

McKinney was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 2261 (107th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2853 Candler Road in Decatur, Georgia, as the “Earl T. Shinhoster Post Office”.

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Does 1 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

McKinney sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (17%) Law (15%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Economics and Public Finance (11%) International Affairs (9%) Commerce (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

McKinney recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1993 to Dec 2006, McKinney missed 480 of 7,073 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.9% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 2006. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Jan-Mar	127	5	3.9%	70^th
1993 Apr-Jun	190	4	2.1%	43^rd
1993 Jul-Sep	164	17	10.4%	96^th
1993 Oct-Nov	134	5	3.7%	74^th
1994 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	39^th
1994 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	29^th
1994 Jul-Sep	142	1	0.7%	21^st
1994 Oct-Nov	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	279	18	6.5%	92^nd
1995 Apr-Jun	189	7	3.7%	74^th
1995 Jul-Sep	232	36	15.5%	98^th
1995 Oct-Dec	185	12	6.5%	85^th
1996 Jan-Mar	110	13	11.8%	93^rd
1996 Apr-Jun	182	3	1.6%	38^th
1996 Jul-Sep	163	2	1.2%	37^th
1997 Jan-Mar	71	1	1.4%	38^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	14	8.0%	89^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	3	1.3%	40^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	33	20.2%	99^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	185	1	0.5%	19^th
1998 Jul-Sep	199	2	1.0%	34^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	2	2.6%	54^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	6	3.3%	67^th
1999 Jul-Sep	204	5	2.5%	62^nd
1999 Oct-Nov	146	21	14.4%	96^th
2000 Jan-Mar	95	5	5.3%	63^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	277	8	2.9%	55^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	7	5.4%	76^th
2000 Oct-Dec	101	6	5.9%	43^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	75	5	6.7%	81^st
2001 Apr-Jun	135	7	5.2%	77^th
2001 Jul-Sep	149	18	12.1%	96^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	10	6.5%	84^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	2	2.5%	52^nd
2002 Apr-Jun	203	14	6.9%	81^st
2002 Jul-Sep	141	17	12.1%	94^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	39	63.9%	100^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	1	1.1%	19^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	4	1.5%	42^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	13	8.9%	86^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	6	3.7%	59^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	14	5.1%	78^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	73	45.9%	99^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	12	44.4%	94^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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills