Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2016 Report Card for Murkowski.

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Murkowski has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the Senate.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the Senate. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Murkowski is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

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 19 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 about one third or more 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:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (33%) Energy (31%) Native Americans (9%) Health (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Environmental Protection (4%)

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.
Yea	H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 Sep 28, 2016. Bill Passed 72/26.
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 May 2017, Murkowski missed 213 of 4,455 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is much worse than the median of 1.4% 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%	78^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	14	9.3%	96^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	85^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	3	3.4%	81^st
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%	89^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	87^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	97^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	3	3.9%	80^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	2	1.7%	52^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	83	5	6.0%	94^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	26^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%	85^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	2	1.7%	56^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	63^rd
2008 Jan-Mar	85	1	1.2%	51^st
2008 Apr-Jun	77	2	2.6%	57^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	3	6.4%	71^st
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	6	6.3%	88^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	56^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	70^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	4	3.7%	88^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	6	6.3%	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%	70^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	3	2.8%	81^st
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%	93^rd
2014 Apr-Jun	123	9	7.3%	79^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	6	11.1%	93^rd
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-May	36	4	11.1%	95^th

Primary Sources

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

Congress-Legislators, a community project collecting election information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Sponsorship Analysis

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

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