Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Stabenow has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the Senate.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Stabenow is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for Stabenow for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Debbie Stabenow sits on the following committees:
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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, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Senate Committee on the Budget
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Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy
- Member, Subcommittee on National Parks
- Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
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Senate Committee on Finance
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
- Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Stabenow sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (39%) Health (32%) Social Welfare (7%) Agriculture and Food (5%) Environmental Protection (5%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (4%) Energy (4%) Immigration (4%)
Recent Bills
Some of Stabenow’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 3420: A bill to promote urban agricultural production, and for other purposes.
- S.Res. 545: A resolution supporting the designation of July 15, 2016, as “Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day”.
- S.Res. 497: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of Gordon “Gordie” Howe.
- S. 3008: Student Tax Relief Act
- S. 2894: Pension Fund Integrity Act of 2016
- S. 2892: Timber Innovation Act of 2016
- S.Res. 434: A resolution supporting the designation of April 2016 as “Parkinson’s Awareness Month”.
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Voting Record
From Jan 2001 to Sep 2016, Stabenow missed 50 of 4,939 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills