Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Senator from Alaska

Republican

Senior Senator

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
2003-2016	Senator	Alaska

Track Her

2014 Report Card

Read our 2014 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:

Chairman, 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
- Chairman, 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

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to Feb 2015, Murkowski missed 187 of 3,879 roll call votes, which is 4.8%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	112	3	2.7%	80^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	14	9.3%	97^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	4	3.7%	83^rd
2003 Oct-Nov	89	3	3.4%	80^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	6	9.4%	93^rd
2004 Apr-Jun	88	4	4.5%	93^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	3	7.1%	87^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	79^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	9	10.1%	97^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	3	3.9%	74^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	2	1.7%	50^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	5	6.0%	91^st
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	29^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	16	3	18.8%	86^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	5	4.0%	84^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%	60^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	1	1.2%	48^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	2	2.6%	54^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	3	6.4%	70^th
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%	89^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	54^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	2	2.1%	70^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	4	3.7%	87^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	6	6.3%	89^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	17	38.6%	98^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	3	5.9%	77^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	3	6.5%	80^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	2	3.4%	62^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	6	12.2%	90^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	3	3.7%	69^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	3	2.8%	79^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	4	14.3%	85^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	3	6.0%	78^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	1	1.1%	60^th
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%	62^nd
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%	85^th
2015 Jan-Feb	63	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
GPO Member Guide for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Feb 27, 2015 10:02 a.m.