Sen. Barbara Boxer

State:: California
Party:: Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1993-2017	Senator	California
1983-1992	Representative	California's 6^th District

Track Her

Official Website: http://www.boxer.senate.gov
@senatorboxer

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Sponsorship Analysis

Boxer is a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Boxer to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Barbara Boxer sits on the following committees:

Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Chairman, Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues
- Member, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
- Member, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
- Member, Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Member, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Boxer’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Feb 1993 to May 2013, Boxer missed 238 of 6,846 roll call votes, which is 3.5%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1993 Feb-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	3	3.2%	58^th
1994 Jan-Mar	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	92	1	1.1%	37^th
1994 Jul-Sep	136	8	5.9%	89^th
1994 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	4	3.2%	55^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	5	2.9%	75^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	4	2.2%	75^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	90^th
1996 Jan-Mar	60	1	1.7%	57^th
1996 Apr-Jun	122	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	3	2.4%	76^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	2	3.8%	48^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	1	0.8%	52^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	109	3	2.8%	76^th
1998 Oct-Oct	22	1	4.5%	86^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	6	5.4%	80^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	1	0.9%	47^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	6	8.6%	90^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	4	7.8%	93^rd
2000 Apr-Jun	120	8	6.7%	90^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	7	7.9%	83^rd
2000 Oct-Dec	38	4	10.5%	73^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	91^st
2001 Apr-Jun	157	5	3.2%	91^st
2001 Jul-Sep	68	3	4.4%	76^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	2	2.2%	73^rd
2002 Jan-Mar	59	4	6.8%	76^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	5	4.7%	91^st
2002 Jul-Sep	61	2	3.3%	61^st
2002 Oct-Nov	26	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	3	2.8%	78^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	7	7.9%	95^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	2	3.1%	80^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	1	1.1%	43^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	3	7.1%	88^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	6	27.3%	88^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	3	3.7%	91^st
2005 Apr-Jun	89	1	1.1%	44^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	3	3.9%	73^rd
2005 Oct-Dec	120	8	6.7%	91^st
2006 Jan-Mar	83	2	2.4%	67^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	9	8.4%	89^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	6	4.8%	87^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	5	4.5%	79^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	7	5.9%	89^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	7	8.2%	91^st
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	68^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	6	7.8%	89^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	2	1.7%	76^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	58^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	2	1.9%	61^st
2010 Apr-Jun	96	3	3.1%	75^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	74^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	1	2.2%	54^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	6	10.3%	93^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	3	3.7%	69^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	59^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	2	1.8%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	7	25.0%	93^rd
2012 Nov-Dec	50	19	38.0%	97^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	76^th
2013 Apr-May	35	3	8.6%	91^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Legislation Coming Up

S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

This bill has been added to the Senate’s floor schedule for the next legislative day.

Last Action: This bill passed in the Senate on May 15, 2013 and goes to the House next for consideration.

May 18, 2013 3:46 p.m.

Vote

On the Nomination PN193: Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Energy

Nomination Confirmed 97/0

Sen. Boxer [D-CA]: Yea

May 16, 2013 1:51 p.m.

Bill Text

S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

This bill’s text for status Passed the Senate (Engrossed) (May 15, 2013) is now available.

May 16, 2013 2:56 a.m.

Reported by Committee

S. 59: Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial Act

Last Action: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Explanation: The committees assigned to this bill sent it to the House or Senate as a whole for consideration on May 16, 2013.

May 16, 2013

Vote

On the Nomination PN138: Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Nomination Confirmed 91/7

Sen. Boxer [D-CA]: Yea

May 15, 2013 5:03 p.m.