Sen. Debbie Stabenow

Senator from Michigan

Democrat

Senior Senator

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2001-2018	Senator	Michigan
1997-2000	Representative	Michigan's 8^th District

Track Her

2014 Report Card

Read our 2014 Report Card for Stabenow »

Sponsorship 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)

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, Specialty Crops, and Agricultural Research
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy
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
Senate Committee on Finance
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
- Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2001 to Mar 2015, Stabenow missed 43 of 4,514 roll call votes, which is 1.0%. This is better 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
2001 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Jul-Sep	68	1	1.5%	42^nd
2001 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	0	0.0%	0^th
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	1	0.9%	40^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	1	1.1%	43^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	44^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	4	3.3%	71^st
2006 Jan-Mar	83	2	2.4%	74^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	29^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	1	0.8%	34^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	1	0.9%	40^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	1	0.8%	27^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	70^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	28^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	2	4.3%	61^st
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	1	0.8%	58^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	45^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	54^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	2	2.1%	61^st
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	1	1.7%	30^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	2	2.4%	59^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	61^st
2012 Apr-Jun	109	1	0.9%	45^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	1	1.1%	47^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	2	1.6%	41^st
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	8	8.3%	87^th
2015 Jan-Mar	65	0	0.0%	0^th