Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2018 Report Card for Warren.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Warren 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 Warren has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to May 23, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Elizabeth Warren sits on the following committees:

• Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
  • Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
  • Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
• Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Member, Subcommittee on Airland
  • Member, Subcommittee on Personnel
  • Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
  • Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
• Senate Special Committee on Aging

Enacted Legislation

Warren was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:

• S. 3130: SIT-REP Act of 2018
• S. 2355: A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 25 New Chardon Street Lobby in Boston, Massachusetts, as the “John Fitzgerald Kennedy Post ...
• S. 1503: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
• S. 1198: Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2017
• S. 670: Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017
• S. 2744 (114th): Genetic Research Privacy Protection Act
• S. 885 (114th): National POW/MIA Remembrance Act of 2015

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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

Warren sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (26%) Armed Forces and National Security (19%) Finance and Financial Sector (17%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Education (9%) Taxation (7%) Labor and Employment (6%) Crime and Law Enforcement (5%)

Recent Bills

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

• S. 1605: A bill to make available necessary disaster assistance for families affected by major ...
• S. 1576: A bill to strengthen parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits.
• S. 1501: A bill to modify the requirements for the longitudinal medical study of the ...
• S. 1503: A bill to promote ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense contracting ...
• S. 1498: A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to enhance the readiness of ...
• S. 1365: Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2019
• S. 1336: Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2019

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to May 2019, Warren missed 17 of 1,887 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 1.4% 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