Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI
8.9 ’24
−0.80σ
Their own record
Value
Legislative effectiveness LES · chamber avg = 1.0
0.27
Missed votes
1.7%
Ideology 0 = left · 1 = right (GovTrack)
0.69
Promises kept
In human review
A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so they are scored on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — ranked against other senators — alongside their own legislative record. Influence is shared with 99 colleagues and the governor; the score shows relative movement, not sole credit. Methodology v2.2
What McConnell voted to fund
These pies aggregate the largest verified spending items — appropriations and mandatory outlays — in the bills McConnell cast a recorded vote on, sliced by category, every dollar quoted from the bill text. Authorizations, guarantee ceilings and pay-fors are excluded, exactly as on the bill pages. This shows what the bills contained, by McConnell’s own votes — not a claim that McConnell wrote the spending or that it did or didn’t work. Click any slice to read the cited line-items.
Appropriation to the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund for veterans' health care (PACT Act), available Oct 1 2024 — Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund$24,455,000,000
Appropriation to the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund for veterans' health care (PACT Act), available Oct 1 2023 — Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund$20,268,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for the 31 FY2023 major medical facility leases — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$1,880,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2031) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$650,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2030) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$620,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2029) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$610,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2028) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$600,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2027) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$450,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2026) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$400,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2025) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$200,000,000
Mandatory appropriation to the Medical Facilities account for major medical facility leases (FY2024) — Department of Veterans Affairs (Medical Facilities account)$100,000,000
Mandatory general-fund transfer to the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund (backfills highway contract authority; not a program outlay) — Highway Trust Fund — Highway Account$90,000,000,000
Appropriation to the Dept. of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, FY2023 ($11B each for FY2024/FY2025 'Government efficiencies'; PAYGO-exempt) — Dept. of Commerce - Nonrecurring Expenses Fund$22,000,000,000
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program grants to States — National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)$42,450,000,000
Pentagon/Shanksville Fund (WTC Health Program — Pentagon & Shanksville survivors) — World Trade Center Health Program — Pentagon/Shanksville$232,000,000
EPA rebates/grants for zero-emission port equipment and technology to reduce air pollution at ports — Ports and eligible recipients (EPA Clean Air Act §133)$2,250,000,000
GSA acquisition/use of low-embodied-carbon materials to convert federal facilities to high-performance green buildings — General Services Administration (Federal Buildings Fund)$2,150,000,000
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund — zero-emission tech for low-income/disadvantaged communities (Solar for All) — States, municipalities, Tribal governments, eligible recipients$7,000,000,000
USDA financial assistance to rural electric cooperatives for clean-energy systems — Rural electric cooperatives (USDA Rural Utilities Service)$9,700,000,000
Bureau of Reclamation drought-mitigation grants/contracts in the Reclamation (Western) States — Bureau of Reclamation — Reclamation States (Colorado River Basin)$4,000,000,000
Total U.S. federal outlays for each fiscal year of McConnell’s current term. This is the whole federal budget — mostly Social Security, Medicare, defense, interest on the debt, and prior commitments — not money McConnell personally directed. A president proposes and Congress appropriates; no single official controls it.
FY21
$6.82T−$2.77T deficit
FY22
$6.27T−$1.37T deficit
FY23
$6.13T−$1.69T deficit
FY24
$6.74T−$1.82T deficit
FY25
$7.01T−$1.77T deficit
Source: OMB Historical Tables, Table 1.1 (Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789-present) · figures. Nominal dollars, by fiscal year (Oct–Sep).
How McConnell is graded
A senator’s constituency is the whole state, so McConnell is graded on the same verified state outcomes as the governor — measured as the change on their watch versus the other 49 states, capped because influence is shared with 99 colleagues, the governor and a world economy — blended with what they personally control: how effectively they move legislation and how they vote. Every part decomposes on the card above, and the “measured” figure says how much of the grade is real versus still reserved.
Legislative Effectiveness Scores come from the Center for Effective Lawmaking, which benchmarks each chamber’s average to 1.0. Voting statistics come from GovTrack. The Honesty ledger — promises matched against this member’s votes — publishes only with an evidence trail and two agreeing human reviews.