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.
![Photo of Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]](/static/legislator-photos/412542-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 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, 2017 to Jan 19, 2021. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Enacted Legislation
Warren was the primary sponsor of 11 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 4566: Modernizing Notice of Lease Terminations for Servicemembers Act of 2020
- S. 693: National POW/MIA Flag Act
- S. 1501: Blast Pressure Exposure Study Improvement Act
- S. 338: Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act
- 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 (29%) Armed Forces and National Security (23%) Finance and Financial Sector (13%) Government Operations and Politics (9%) Education (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Labor and Employment (6%) Taxation (5%)
Recent Bills
Some of Warren’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 5082: A bill to provide Federal support for COVID-19 testing, and for other purposes.
- S. 5070: A bill to improve the anti-corruption and public integrity laws, and for other ...
- S. 4991 (116th): Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020
- S. 4984 (116th): COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act
- S. 4941 (116th): COVID Community Care Act
- S. 4811 (116th): Federal Correctional Facilities COVID–19 Response Act
- S. 4809 (116th): Extending Tribal Broadband Priority Act of 2020
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Jan 2021, Warren missed 296 of 2,482 roll call votes, which is 11.9%. This is much worse than the median of 1.5% 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 and major life events. 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
