David Bennett McKinley was born on March 28,1947 and is an American businessman and politician who served as the US representative for from 2011 to 2023.
25 Facts About David McKinley
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David McKinley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University in 1970.
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David McKinley worked as a civil engineer for 12 years until founding his own firm, David McKinley and Associates, based in Wheeling.
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David McKinley has renovated structures of historic significance in West Virginia communities, such as the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling.
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David McKinley was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1980 to 1994.
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In 1996, David McKinley ran in the Republican primary for governor against astronaut Jon McBride and former governor Cecil Underwood.
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David McKinley came in third place; Underwood won the general election.
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David McKinley received many endorsements during his campaign, including from Parkersburg News, National Right to Life, the West Virginians for Life PAC, the National Federation of Independent Business, House Republicans Fund, West Virginia Farm Bureau, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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David McKinley became only the fourth person to represent the district since 1953.
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David McKinley ran for reelection in the newly redrawn 1st district.
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In 2013, David McKinley announced that he would not run for the open US Senate seat being vacated by Jay Rockefeller in 2014.
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Donald Trump endorsed Mooney before the election, and David McKinley, who has been ranked as one of the most bipartisan members of Congress, was criticized for holding moderate views.
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David McKinley has broken ranks with the Republican majority several times in his tenure in Congress.
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David McKinley was ranked the 22nd most bipartisan member of the House during the 114th United States Congress by the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy, which ranks members of Congress by their degree of bipartisanship.
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David McKinley is an active supporter of the Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act.
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David McKinley was one of 233 representatives in favor of the act, which passed in September 2012.
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In October 2011, David McKinley was the only Republican freshman to vote against all three of the trade deals passed by Congress: Panama, Colombia, and South Korea.
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David McKinley has expressed concern about the United States' "unchecked spending", which he says results in being "beholden to countries like China and Japan who own a significant amount of our debt".
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David McKinley is a strong supporter of the notion that people should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
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David McKinley has been consistent in his voting patterns on gun control and continued this trend when voting yes on Requiring State Reciprocity for Carrying Concealed Firearms.
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David McKinley believes "[t]he use of federal funds to pay for ending the life of an unborn child is appalling", even though federal funds are not used to pay for abortions, per the Hyde Amendment.
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David McKinley voted for the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in July 2012, which did not pass.
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On May 23,2013, David McKinley introduced the Better Buildings Act of 2014.
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In May 2014, McKinley offered an amendment to the Howard P "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 that bars the Department of Defense from using funds to assess climate change and its implications for national security.
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On May 19,2021, David McKinley was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.