Sen. Kelly Ayotte
Former Senator for New Hampshire
Ayotte was a senator from New Hampshire and was a Republican. She served from 2011 to 2016.
![Photo of Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH, 2011-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/412493-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Ayotte.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Ayotte is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2016 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 Ayotte sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 10, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Ayotte was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:
- S. 1915 (114th): First Responder Anthrax Preparedness Act
- S. 952 (114th): U.S. OUTDOOR Act
- S. 322 (114th): Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
- S. 279 (114th): Don’t Tax Our Fallen Public Safety Heroes Act
- S. 1456 (113th): A bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.
Does 5 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
Ayotte sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (22%) Armed Forces and National Security (18%) Health (16%) International Affairs (10%) Economics and Public Finance (10%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Labor and Employment (7%) Government Operations and Politics (6%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Ayotte recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 3448 (114th): Bring Our Heroes Home Act of 2016
- S. 3299 (114th): Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Act
- S. 3242 (114th): Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2016
- S.Res. 521 (114th): A resolution expressing support for the designation of September 2016 as National …
- S. 2941 (114th): Women and Lung Cancer Research and Preventive Services Act of 2016
- S. 2879 (114th): Working Families Relief Act
- S. 2890 (114th): Christa McAuliffe Commemorative Coin Act of 2016
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 2011 to Dec 2016, Ayotte missed 21 of 1,645 roll call votes, which is 1.3%. This is on par with the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2016. 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
