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]](/static/legislator-photos/412542-200px.jpeg)
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:
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Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Personnel subcommittee Chair
Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Strategic Forces subcommittees -
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Economic Policy subcommittee Chair
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
Enacted Legislation
Warren was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 4566 (116th): Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020
- S. 693 (116th): National POW/MIA Flag Act
- S. 1501 (116th): Blast Pressure Exposure Study Improvement Act
- S. 1118 (116th): Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019
- S. 3130 (115th): SIT-REP Act of 2018
- S. 2355 (115th): 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 …
- S. 1503 (115th): Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
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:
- S. 817: A bill to repeal title IV of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and …
- S.Res. 94: A resolution memorializing those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- S. 388: Child Care for Every Community Act
- S. 5315 (117th): A bill to improve the anti-corruption and public integrity laws, and for …
- S. 5312 (117th): Air Traffic Noise and Pollution Expert Consensus Act of 2022
- S. 5322 (117th): Medical Innovation Act of 2022
- S. 5321 (117th): DIGITAL Reservations Act
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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
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.
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