Hassan is the junior senator from New Hampshire as a Democrat. She has served since Jan 3, 2017. Hassan is next up for reelection in 2022.
![Photo of Sen. Margaret “Maggie” Hassan [D-NH]](/static/legislator-photos/412680-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2018 Report Card for Hassan.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Margaret “Maggie” Hassan sits on the following committees:
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Senate Committee on Finance
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth
- Member, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Health Care
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
- Member, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Joint Economic Committee
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families
- Member, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security
Enacted Legislation
Hassan was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:
- S. 2837: Preventing Drug Diversion Act of 2018
- S. 2397: Department of Homeland Security Data Framework Act of 2018
- S. 2589: Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Centers Act of 2018
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
Hassan sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (24%) Government Operations and Politics (18%) Science, Technology, Communications (18%) Crime and Law Enforcement (18%) Education (12%) Energy (12%)
Recent Bills
Some of Hassan’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- S. 699: A bill to establish an interagency committee on the development of green alert ...
- S. 411: Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2019
- S. 346: National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act ...
- S. 315: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019
- S. 3592: No More Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2018
- S. 3356: Synthetic Drug Awareness Act of 2018
- S. 3309: DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018
Voting Record
Key Votes
| Hassan’s Vote | Vote Description |
|---|---|
| Yea |
H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
Feb 14, 2019. Conference Report Agreed to 83/16.
This bill, in its final form, funded the parts of the federal government whose funding was to lapse on February 15, 2019. On December 22, 2018 the 115th Congress was unable to reach a deal to fund some federal agencies through fiscal year 2019 after ... |
| Yea |
On the Nomination PN1620: Charles P. Rettig, of California, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the term expiring November 12, 2022
Sep 12, 2018. Nomination Confirmed 64/33.
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| Yea |
H.R. 1892: Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018; Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018, the SUSTAIN Care Act of 2018; Family First Prevention Services Act.; Honoring Hometown ...
Feb 9, 2018. Motion Agreed to 71/28.
This bill became the vehicle for passage of funding for the federal government through March 23, 2018, to avert a government shutdown that would have occurred on February 9, 2018 had this bill not been enacted. The bill was introduced as the Honoring Hometown Heroes ... |
| Yea |
On the Nomination PN372: Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit
Aug 1, 2017. Nomination Confirmed 66/31.
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| 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 |
On the Nomination PN43: Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Jan 23, 2017. Nomination Confirmed 66/32.
This vote confirmed Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS4), a three-term Congressman first elected in 2010, as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. * * * Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS4), a three-term Congressman first elected in 2010, was President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as CIA Director. ... |
Missed Votes
From Jan 2017 to Mar 2019, Hassan missed 3 of 648 roll call votes, which is 0.5%. This is better than the median of 1.4% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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 Margaret “Maggie” Hassan for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
