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Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s 2013 Report Card

Senior Senator from Minnesota
Democrat
Serving Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2025

These year-end statistics cover Klobuchar’s record during the 2013 legislative year (Jan 3, 2013-Dec 26, 2013) and compare her to other senators serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Dec 1, 2014. On Dec. 1, 2014, the statistics were updated to remove Sen. Schatz from the list of Senate sophomores. Schatz only served for several days in the preceding Congress.

A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Klobuchar’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.

Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.

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Cosponsored the most bills compared to Serving 10+ Years

Klobuchar cosponsored 231 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (98th percentile); Senate Democrats (91st percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); All Senators (95th percentile).

 

Got bicameral support on the most bills compared to Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 15 of Klobuchar’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the House. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: S. 117: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation …; S. 149: STOP Identity Theft Act of …; S. 245: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act …; S. 394: Metal Theft Prevention Act of …; S. 616: Conrad State 30 and Physician …; S. 755: Enhanced Access to Medicaid Services …; S. 1061: Veterans Access to Care Act; S. 1073: Gas Price and Refinery Capacity …; S. 1078: A bill to direct the …; S. 1314: A bill to amend title …; S. 1321: A bill to amend title …; S. 1358: Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of …; S. 1614: Accuracy for Adoptees Act; S. 1733: Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act …; S. 1816: A bill to amend the …

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (98th percentile); Senate Democrats (94th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); All Senators (96th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.
 

Ranked the 7th top leader compared to All Senators

Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2013 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Klobuchar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (90th percentile); Senate Democrats (87th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (89th percentile); All Senators (93rd percentile).

 

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 8th highest % of bills compared to Serving 10+ Years

In this era of partisanship, it is encouraging to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 49% of Klobuchar’s 47 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in 2013.

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (82nd percentile); Senate Democrats (80th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (83rd percentile); All Senators (82nd percentile).

Only Members of Congress who sponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Introduced the 9th most bills compared to All Senators

Klobuchar introduced 47 bills and resolutions in 2013. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (85th percentile); Senate Democrats (87th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); All Senators (91st percentile).

 

Got influential cosponsors the 9th most often compared to All Senators (tied with 4 others)

6 of Klobuchar’s bills and resolutions in 2013 had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.

Those bills were: S. 214: Preserve Access to Affordable Generics …; S. 638: Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of …; S. 717: Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 1322: SALTS Act; S. 1614: Accuracy for Adoptees Act; S.Res. 157: A resolution expressing the sense …

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (83rd percentile); Senate Democrats (79th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (80th percentile); All Senators (87th percentile).

 

Got the 11th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Senators

Klobuchar’s bills and resolutions had 257 cosponsors in 2013. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (88th percentile); Senate Democrats (79th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); All Senators (89th percentile).

 

Supported government transparency the 8th most often compared to All Senators (tied with 6 others)

GovTrack looked at whether Klobuchar supported any of 8 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the Senate that we identified in this session. We gave Klobuchar 3 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.

Klobuchar cosponsored S. 375: Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act; S. 405: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act …; S. 1207: Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (88th percentile); Senate Democrats (77th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (86th percentile); All Senators (86th percentile).

 

Laws Enacted

Klobuchar introduced 0 bills that became law in 2013. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

We only count enacted bills (and joint resolutions) that the legislator was the primary sponsor of. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, such as through companion bills or incorporation into larger bills, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively.
 

Bills Out of Committee

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Klobuchar introduced 4 bills in 2013 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: S. 394: Metal Theft Prevention Act of …; S. 975: Court-Appointed Guardian Accountability and Senior …; S. 1072: Small Airplane Revitalization Act of …; S.Res. 157: A resolution expressing the sense …

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (59th percentile); Senate Democrats (58th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (63rd percentile); All Senators (73rd percentile).

 

Committee Positions

Klobuchar held a leadership position on 1 committee and 1 subcommittee, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Klobuchar’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Democrats (62nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (38th percentile); All Senators (64th percentile).

 

Joining Bipartisan Bills

Of the 231 bills that Klobuchar cosponsored, 21% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (35th percentile); Senate Democrats (65th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (35th percentile); All Senators (36th percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.
 

Ideology Score

Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2013 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Klobuchar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (29th percentile); Senate Democrats (49th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (29th percentile); All Senators (27th percentile).

 

Missed Votes

Klobuchar missed 0.7% of votes (2 of 291 votes) in 2013. View Klobuchar’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Cmte. Chairs/RkMembs (29th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (30th percentile); All Senators (30th percentile).

Additional Notes

Leadership/Ideology: The leadership and ideology scores are not displayed for Members of Congress who introduced fewer than 10 bills, or, for ideology, for Members of Congress that have a low leadership score, as there is usually not enough data in these cases to compute reliable leadership and ideology statistics.

Missing Bills: We exclude bills from some statistics where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill because the bill’s text was replaced in whole with unrelated provisions (i.e. it became a vehicle for passage of unrelated provisions).

Ranking Members (RkMembs): The chair of a committee is always selected from the political party that holds the most seats in the chamber, called the “majority party”. The “ranking member” (sometimes “RkMembs”) is the title given to the senior-most member of the committee not in the majority party.

Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of 2013) was the 113th Congress (freshmen) or 112th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.