Heitkamp was a senator from North Dakota and was a Democrat. She served from 2013 to 2018.
![Photo of Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND, 2013-2018]](/static/legislator-photos/412554-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Heitkamp.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Heitkamp is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2019 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 Heitkamp sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 2, 2019. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Heitkamp was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 943 (115th): Johnson-O’Malley Supplemental Indian Education Program Modernization Act
- S. 1112 (115th): Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2017
- S. 567 (115th): Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017
- S. 546 (114th): RESPONSE Act of 2016
- S. 1808 (114th): Northern Border Security Review Act
- S. 246 (114th): Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act
- S. 2867 (114th): SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016
Does 8 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
Heitkamp sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (18%) Health (18%) Taxation (16%) Native Americans (15%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Finance and Financial Sector (10%) Energy (6%) Agriculture and Food (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Heitkamp recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 3752 (115th): Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Land Restoration Act of 2018
- S.Res. 713 (115th): A resolution celebrating the 160th anniversary of the Ladies Christian Association, which …
- S. 3566 (115th): Advancing Carbon Capture in Energy Generation Act
- S. 3563 (115th): Hire Student Veterans Act
- S. 3568 (115th): Rural MOMS Act
- S. 3407 (115th): Agricultural Export Promotion Act of 2018
- S. 3258 (115th): Assistance for Farmers Harmed by Tariffs on Exports Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2013 to Dec 2018, Heitkamp missed 34 of 1,758 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is on par with the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2018. 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.
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
