Sen. Debbie Stabenow

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Stabenow.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Stabenow is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Stabenow has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jun 18, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Debbie Stabenow sits on the following committees:

• Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade
  • Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, and Natural Resources
  • Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security
  • Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Nutrition, Agricultural Research, and Specialty Crops
  • Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
• Senate Committee on Finance
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
  • Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Senate Committee on the Budget
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Member, Subcommittee on Energy
  • Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
  • Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

Enacted Legislation

Stabenow was the primary sponsor of 12 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

• S. 2553: Know the Lowest Price Act of 2018
• S. 3053 (115th): CHIP Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act
• S. 2239: Veterans Deserve Better Act
• S. 538: Timber Innovation Act of 2017
• S. 408 (114th): Empowering Jobs Act of 2015
• S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act
• S. 3552 (112th): Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012

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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

Stabenow sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (41%) Taxation (24%) Environmental Protection (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Social Welfare (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 1396: Protect America’s Paper for Recycling Act
• S. 1364: Early Pell Promise Act
• S. 1372: PFAS Accountability Act of 2019
• S. 1268: PACT Act
• S. 1141: Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2019
• S. 1137: Environmental Health Workforce Act of 2019
• S. 1094: Driving America Forward Act

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As Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Committee Chair, Stabenow may be focused on her responsibilities other than introducing legislation, such as setting the chamber’s agenda, uniting her party, and brokering deals.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2001 to Jun 2019, Stabenow missed 58 of 5,726 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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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
• GPO Member Guide for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills