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Sen. Kelly Loeffler

Former Senator for Georgia

pronounced KEH-lee // LEF-ler

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Loeffler was a senator from Georgia and was a Republican. She served from 2020 to 2021.

Loeffler was among the Republican legislators who participated in the months-long, multifarious attempted coup following the 2020 presidential election. In the days leading up to January 6, 2021’s congressional certification of the election, Loeffler announced her intent to object to the inclusion of some states from the certification, which would have disenfranchised millions of voters and amplified lies, conspiracy theories, and preposterous legal theories about purported fraud. (She ultimately did not vote to exclude any states from the Electoral College, however.) The January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol disrupted Congress’s count of electors that determined the outcome of the presidential election with the goal to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.
Photo of Sen. Kelly Loeffler [R-GA, 2020-2021]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Loeffler.

Enacted Legislation

Loeffler was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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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

Loeffler sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (28%) Health (17%) Commerce (14%) Armed Forces and National Security (11%) Taxation (11%) Government Operations and Politics (8%) Agriculture and Food (6%) Science, Technology, Communications (6%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Loeffler recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Loeffler voted Not Voting

Veto Overridden 81/13 on Jan 1, 2021.
This was the Senate's vote to override President Trump's veto of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which is the …

Loeffler voted Yea

Conference Report Agreed to 84/13 on Dec 11, 2020.

Loeffler voted Nay

Loeffler voted Yea

Bill Passed 90/8 on Mar 18, 2020.
The federal government has enacted four main stimulus laws in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a brief rundown of what each of these legislative …

Missed Votes

From Jan 2020 to Jan 2021, Loeffler missed 53 of 293 roll call votes, which is 18.1%. This is much worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2021. 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.

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Primary Sources

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