Mark Warner, Senator for Virginia

Warner is the senior senator from Virginia and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 6, 2009. Warner’s current term ends on Jan 3, 2021.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 Report Card for Warner.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

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

The chart is based on the bills Warner has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Nov 18, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

League of Conservation Voters: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 91% United States Chamber of Commerce: 70% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B American Civil Liberties Union: 62% NIAC Action: D NumbersUSA: 13% Americans for Prosperity: 12% The Club for Growth: 5% FreedomWorks: 0%

Committee Membership

Mark Warner sits on the following committees:

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chair
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- National Security and International Trade and Finance subcommittee Ranking Member
- Securities, Insurance, and Investment subcommittee Ranking Member
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittees
Senate Committee on Finance
- Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittee Ranking Member
Health Care, International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommittees
Senate Committee on the Budget
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Enacted Legislation

Warner was the primary sponsor of 14 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 14 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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Warner sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (20%) Health (19%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (12%) Education (11%) Finance and Financial Sector (11%) Transportation and Public Works (6%) Labor and Employment (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Warner voted Nay

On the Nomination PN1232: John Joseph Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Nomination Confirmed 70/22 on Dec 12, 2019.

Warner voted Nay

On the Nomination PN257: Joshua Wolson, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Nomination Confirmed 65/33 on May 2, 2019.

Warner voted Yea

H.J.Res. 31: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019

Conference Report Agreed to 83/16 on Feb 14, 2019.

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, ...

Warner voted Nay

On the Nomination PN514: J. Paul Compton, Jr., of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and ...

Nomination Confirmed 62/34 on Dec 18, 2017.

Warner voted Yea

On the Nomination PN25: Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State

Nomination Confirmed 56/43 on Feb 1, 2017.

Warner voted Yea

H.R. 5325: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017

Bill Passed 72/26 on Sep 28, 2016.

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 ...

Warner voted Yea

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.

Warner voted Nay

H.R. 4302 (113th): Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Bill Passed 64/35 on Mar 31, 2014.

Section 212 of this bill pushed back the deadline to implement the ICD-10 code set to October 1, 2015. The Cutting Costly Codes Act of ...

Warner voted Nay

H.R. 3630 (112th): Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

Conference Report Agreed to 60/36 on Feb 17, 2012.

Warner voted Yea

H.R. 4853 (111th): Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010

Motion Agreed to 81/19 on Dec 15, 2010.

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 ...

Warner voted Nay

H.R. 3435 (111th): Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program.

Bill Passed 60/37 on Aug 6, 2009.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2009 to Nov 2020, Warner missed 124 of 3,606 roll call votes, which is 3.4%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	55^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	9	8.3%	93^rd
2010 Apr-Jun	96	10	10.4%	95^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	45^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	5	10.9%	96^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	3	3.7%	71^st
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	2	1.8%	76^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	60^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	12	24.0%	96^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	2	2.6%	62^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	43	1	2.3%	76^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	4	5.0%	78^th
2014 Jan-Mar	93	5	5.4%	88^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	2	1.6%	41^st
2014 Jul-Sep	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2014 Nov-Dec	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	135	2	1.5%	74^th
2015 Apr-Jun	85	4	4.7%	84^th
2015 Jul-Sep	52	2	3.8%	75^th
2015 Oct-Dec	67	9	13.4%	93^rd
2016 Jan-Mar	38	3	7.9%	80^th
2016 Apr-Jun	79	15	19.0%	96^th
2016 Jul-Sep	34	1	2.9%	62^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	12	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jan-Mar	101	3	3.0%	88^th
2017 Apr-Jun	54	1	1.9%	61^st
2017 Jul-Sep	53	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	117	3	2.6%	82^nd
2018 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Apr-Jun	80	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jul-Sep	75	1	1.3%	45^th
2018 Oct-Dec	56	1	1.8%	71^st
2019 Jan-Mar	54	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Apr-Jun	135	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jul-Sep	124	13	10.5%	87^th
2019 Oct-Dec	115	6	5.2%	81^st
2020 Jan-Mar	80	1	1.2%	47^th
2020 May-Jun	48	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jul-Sep	71	1	1.4%	49^th
2020 Oct-Nov	39	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

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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

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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