Sen. Luther Strange
Former Senator for Alabama
pronounced LOO-ther // shtraynj
Strange was a senator from Alabama and was a Republican. He served from 2017 to 2017.
![Photo of Sen. Luther Strange [R-AL, 2017-2017]](/static/legislator-photos/412734-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2017 Report Card for Strange.
Enacted Legislation
Strange was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 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
Strange recently introduced the following legislation:
- S. 1550 (115th): Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Employment Act of 2017
- S. 1456 (115th): Sanctity of Human Life Act
- S. 1397 (115th): Protecting the Second Amendment Act
- S. 1126 (115th): Securing the Border and Protecting Our Communities Act
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Feb 2017 to Dec 2017, Strange missed 9 of 265 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 1.5% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2017. 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
- Office of Luther Strange for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
