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Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Warren.
Sponsorship Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills Warren 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). Warren is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
Committee Membership
Elizabeth Warren sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
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Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Member, Subcommittee on Airland
- Member, Subcommittee on Personnel
- Member, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
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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 3 bills that were enacted:
- 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
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 about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Warren sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (19%) Education (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (15%) Health (12%) Government Operations and Politics (12%) Taxation (10%) Labor and Employment (10%) Sports and Recreation (8%)
Recent Bills
Some of Warren’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 1838: A bill to repeal the authority under the National Labor Relations Act for ...
- S. 1816: A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to enhance fraud alert ...
- S. 1819: Equal Employment for All Act of 2017
- S. 1796: Upholding America’s Nuclear Commitments Act of 2017
- S. 1800: Securing the Electric Grid to Protect Military Readiness Act of 2017
- S. 1564: Refund Equality Act of 2017
- S. 1503: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Warren’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Nay |
H.R. 2028: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
Dec 9, 2016. Motion Agreed to 63/36.
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| Nay |
H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017
Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
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| Nay |
H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act
Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16.
H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act
Jul 30, 2015. Bill Passed 65/34.
This vote turned H.R 22, originally the Hire More Heroes Act, into the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647), a major bipartisan transportation bill, and the Export-Import Bank Reform and ... |
| Nay |
S. 1177: Every Child Achieves Act of 2015
Jul 16, 2015. Bill Passed 81/17.
The Every Child Achieves Act is a bipartisan educational policy reform bill that would expand state responsibility over schools, provide grants to charter schools, and reduce the federal test-based accountability system of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The bill was referred to the ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
Dec 16, 2014. Bill Passed 76/16.
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| Nay |
H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
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| Yea |
H.R. 4302 (113th): Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
Mar 31, 2014. Bill Passed 64/35.
Section 212 of this bill pushed back the deadline to implement the ICD-10 code set to October 1, 2015. The Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013, which would prevent ICD-10 from being implemented at all without further Congressional approval, has been introduced in House and ... |
| Nay |
H.R. 2642 (113th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Feb 4, 2014. Conference Report Agreed to 68/32.
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| Yea |
H.R. 3304 (113th): National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014
Dec 19, 2013. Motion Agreed to 84/15.
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Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Sep 2017, Warren missed 12 of 1,361 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.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills
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