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Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chair and Senator for Massachusetts

pronounced eh-LIZ-uh-buth // WAH-ren

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Warren is the senior senator from Massachusetts and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Warren is next up for reelection in 2024 and serves until Jan 3, 2025. She is 73 years old.

She is also Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chair, a party leadership role. Party leaders focus more on setting their party’s legislative priorties than on introducing legislation.

Photo of Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 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 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 3, 2019 to Mar 28, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Elizabeth Warren sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Warren was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 11 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Warren sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (32%) Armed Forces and National Security (25%) Finance and Financial Sector (9%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Crime and Law Enforcement (8%) Native Americans (7%) Labor and Employment (6%) Commerce (5%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Warren recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

As Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chair, Warren 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

Warren voted Nay

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.
This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, …

Warren voted Nay

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.
The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations …

Warren voted Nay

Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2023, Warren missed 302 of 3,497 roll call votes, which is 8.6%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office. Legislators running for president or vice president typically miss votes while on the campaign trail — that’s normal. See our analysis of presidential candidates’ missed votes.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: