Mary Landrieu, former Senator for Louisiana

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2014 Report Card for Landrieu.

Sponsorship Analysis

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

Each dot in the chart below was a member of the Senate in 2014. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Landrieu is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Enacted Legislation

Landrieu was the primary sponsor of 18 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

Landrieu sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Commerce (38%) Education (13%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (12%) Families (11%) Taxation (9%) Health (8%) Energy (5%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Landrieu’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 5771 (113th): Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 Dec 16, 2014. Bill Passed 76/16.
Yea	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 18, 2014. Joint Resolution Passed 78/22.
Nay	On the Nomination PN1209: Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Mar 26, 2014. Nomination Confirmed 59/41.
Nay	S. 3240 (112th): Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 Jun 21, 2012. Bill Passed 64/35.
Nay	H.R. 3606 (112th): Jumpstart Our Business Startups Mar 22, 2012. Bill Passed 73/26.
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 ...
Yea	On the Nomination PN958: Michael B. Mukasey, of New York, to be Attorney General Nov 8, 2007. Nomination Confirmed 53/40.
Nay	H.R. 6 (110th): Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Jun 21, 2007. Bill Passed 65/27. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Pub.L. 110-140 originally named the Clean Energy Act of 2007) is an Act of Congress concerning the energy policy of the United States. As part of the Democratic Party's 100-Hour Plan during the 110th Congress, it was ...
Yea	On the Nomination PN177: Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., in the Army, to be General Feb 8, 2007. Nomination Confirmed 83/14.

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Dec 2014, Landrieu missed 208 of 5,733 roll call votes, which is 3.6%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2014. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	35	1	2.9%	83^rd
1997 Apr-Jun	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	3	2.9%	79^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	2	3.8%	48^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	1	0.8%	52^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	109	1	0.9%	31^st
1998 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	63^rd
1999 Apr-Jun	111	4	3.6%	77^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	4	3.6%	83^rd
1999 Oct-Nov	70	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Feb-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	2	1.7%	57^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	2	5.3%	53^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	91^st
2001 Apr-Jun	157	1	0.6%	39^th
2001 Jul-Sep	68	1	1.5%	48^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	3	3.3%	79^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	1	1.7%	39^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	2	1.9%	52^nd
2002 Jul-Sep	61	3	4.9%	79^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	2	7.7%	85^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	7	6.3%	88^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	4	2.7%	80^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	1	0.9%	43^rd
2003 Oct-Nov	89	1	1.1%	48^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	1	1.1%	43^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	80^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	1	1.1%	44^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	13	17.1%	91^st
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	5	6.0%	89^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	1	1.4%	63^rd
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	1	0.8%	35^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	2	1.8%	61^st
2007 Jul-Sep	119	2	1.7%	48^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	2	2.4%	68^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	7	9.1%	91^st
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	7	5.9%	94^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	3	3.1%	72^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	89	12	13.5%	97^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	3	3.2%	81^st
2010 Jan-Mar	108	3	2.8%	75^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	38^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	55^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	46	1	2.2%	54^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	3	5.2%	73^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2011 Oct-Dec	82	2	2.4%	58^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	3	4.8%	87^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	80^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	1	2.0%	53^rd
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	2	2.2%	76^th
2013 Apr-Jun	76	1	1.3%	32^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	43	5	11.6%	94^th
2013 Oct-Dec	80	4	5.0%	73^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	93	4	4.3%	80^th
2014 Apr-Jun	123	13	10.6%	84^th
2014 Jul-Sep	54	4	7.4%	82^nd
2014 Nov-Dec	96	39	40.6%	97^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. Mary Landrieu

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Sponsorship Analysis

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

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