Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska

Murkowski is the senior senator from Alaska and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 7, 2003. Murkowski is next up for reelection in 2022.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Murkowski.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Murkowski is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Murkowski has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

United States Chamber of Commerce: 91% Americans for Prosperity: 75% Human Rights Campaign: 69% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B American Civil Liberties Union: 64% FreedomWorks: 53% The Club for Growth: 50% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 41% NumbersUSA: 31% League of Conservation Voters: 19% NIAC Action: F

Committee Membership

Lisa Murkowski sits on the following committees:

Chair, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Energy
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on National Parks
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water and Power
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Chair, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Defense
- Member, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Enacted Legislation

Murkowski was the primary sponsor of 23 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Murkowski sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Energy (30%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (27%) Native Americans (20%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Health (7%)

Recent Bills

Some of Murkowski’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Murkowski’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 89: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the ... Apr 3, 2017. Bill Passed 85/12.
Nay	H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ... Mar 30, 2017. Joint Resolution Passed 51/50. Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
Yea	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26. The Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325) is an appropriations bill which extended funding at the previous year's levels up to December 9, 2016 (10 weeks). After this, a continuing ...
Yea	H.R. 22: Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act Dec 3, 2015. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16. H.R 22, formerly the Hire More Heroes Act, has become the Senate’s vehicle for passage of the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act or DRIVE Act (S. 1647). The DRIVE Act is a major bipartisan transportation bill that would authorize funding ...
Nay	S.J.Res. 8: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the ... Mar 4, 2015. Joint Resolution Passed 53/46.
Yea	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
Yea	H.R. 4853 (111th): Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 Dec 15, 2010. Motion Agreed to 81/19. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111–312, H.R. 4853, 124 Stat. 3296, enacted December 17, 2010), also known as the 2010 Tax Relief Act, was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010, and signed into ...
Nay	H.R. 6124 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Jun 18, 2008. Veto Overridden 80/14.
Nay	H.R. 6124 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Jun 5, 2008. Bill Passed 77/15.
Nay	H.R. 2419 (110th): Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 May 22, 2008. Veto Overridden 82/13. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub.L. 110–234, H.R. 2419, 122 Stat. 923, enacted May 22, 2008, also known as the 2008 U.S. Farm Bill) was a $288 billion, five-year agricultural policy bill that was passed into law by the United States Congress ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Oct 2018, Murkowski missed 226 of 4,882 roll call votes, which is 4.6%. 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.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	112	3	2.7%	79^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	14	9.3%	97^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	86^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	3	3.4%	82^nd
2004 Jan-Mar	64	6	9.4%	96^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	4	4.5%	93^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	3	7.1%	86^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	84^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	97^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	3	3.9%	81^st
2005 Oct-Dec	120	2	1.7%	53^rd
2006 Jan-Mar	83	5	6.0%	94^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	28^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	3	18.8%	84^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	5	4.0%	83^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	2	1.7%	55^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	64^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	1	1.2%	52^nd
2008 Apr-Jun	77	2	2.6%	56^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	3	6.4%	72^nd
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	6	6.2%	88^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	57^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	71^st
2010 Jan-Mar	108	4	3.7%	88^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	6	6.2%	90^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	17	38.6%	98^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	79^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	3	6.5%	78^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	63^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	6	12.2%	89^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	3	3.7%	71^st
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	3	2.8%	82^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	28	4	14.3%	88^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	80^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	1	1.1%	62^nd
2013 Apr-Jun	76	14	18.4%	99^th
2013 Jul-Sep	43	2	4.7%	86^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	2	2.5%	66^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	6	6.5%	92^nd
2014 Apr-Jun	123	9	7.3%	79^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	6	11.1%	92^nd
2014 Nov-Dec	96	7	7.3%	89^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	1	0.7%	52^nd
2015 Apr-Jun	85	6	7.1%	92^nd
2015 Jul-Sep	52	5	9.6%	88^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	1	1.5%	47^th
2016 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	45^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	5	6.3%	90^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	2	5.9%	78^th
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	1	1.0%	64^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	5	9.3%	95^th
2017 Jul-Sep	53	2	3.8%	77^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	81^st
2018 Apr-Jun	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Sep	75	7	9.3%	88^th
2018 Oct-Oct	21	0	0.0%	0^th

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

Lisa Murkowski is pronounced:

LEE-suh // mer-KOW-skee

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
EE ee	meet
ER er	her
K k	king
L l	leg
M m	man
OW ow	cow
S s	sit
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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