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Sen. Deb Fischer

Senator for Nebraska

pronounced deb // FISH-er

Fischer is the senior senator from Nebraska and is a Republican. She has served since Jan 3, 2013. Fischer is next up for reelection in 2030 and serves until Jan 3, 2031. She is 74 years old.

Photo of Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2024 Report Card for Fischer.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Fischer 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 legislators have sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2021 to Mar 14, 2025. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE, 2013-2030] sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Fischer was the primary sponsor of 21 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 21 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

Issue Areas

Fischer sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Transportation and Public Works (33%) Agriculture and Food (19%) Health (13%) Environmental Protection (12%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Native Americans (6%) Families (4%) Science, Technology, Communications (4%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Fischer recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Fischer voted Yea
Fischer voted Yea
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, …
Fischer voted Yea
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 …
Fischer voted Nay
Bill Passed 90/8 on May 12, 2016.
The Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028) is a continuing resolution that extended fiscal year 2017 funding for the United States …
Fischer voted Yea
Joint Resolution Passed 78/22 on Sep 18, 2014.
Fischer voted Nay
Fischer voted Nay

Missed Votes

From Jan 2013 to Mar 2025, Fischer missed 64 of 4,241 roll call votes, which is 1.5%. This is better than the median of 2.6% 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 absences, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

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