Senator · Nebraska
Deb Fischer
Deb Fischer is a Republican senator from Nebraska, in Congress since 2013. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 9, and cast 827 of 832 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- Senate
- Current
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2013
- Term ends
- Jan 3, 2031
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119th CongressSenate | 915 | 1.0%9 of 915 · rank 79 of 101 | 99%827 of 832 · rank 43 of 101 | 351 became law | 22%46 of 208 |
| 118th CongressSenate | 691 | 0.6%4 of 691 · rank 88 of 101 | 98%522 of 534 · rank 54 of 101 | 403 became law | 32%97 of 304 |
| 117th CongressSenate | 949 | 3.3%31 of 949 · rank 40 of 100 | 93%686 of 740 · rank 77 of 100 | 280 became law | 38%78 of 206 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Liberal −1+0.46+1 Conservative
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jan 30, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–67· Against party
- Jul 1, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 50–50· Against party
- Mar 14, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 27–73· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
- Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67· Against party
- Dec 1, 2022· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 25–70· Against party
- Aug 10, 2021· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 69–30· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
- Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
- Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23
- Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
- Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
- Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
103 sponsored · 4 became law
How far they got
- Introduced7674%
- Reported by committee54.9%
- Passed one chamber1717%
- Became law43.9%
- Vetoed11.0%
Policy areas
- Transportation and Public Works23
- Agriculture and Food17
- Armed Forces and National Security9
- Environmental Protection9
- Health9
- Science, Technology, Communications6
- Families5
- Native Americans5
Latest activity
- S.Res. 944 A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month".Passed one chamber· Sep 30, 2026
- S. 1962 Secure Space Act of 2026Passed one chamber· Science, Technology, Communications· Sep 24, 2026
- S. 5336 Uniform Vehicle Safety Standards Act of 2026Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Aug 6, 2026
- S. 629 Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025Became law· Agriculture and Food· Jul 12, 2026
- S. 2585 MAP for Broadband Funding ActPassed one chamber· Science, Technology, Communications· Jun 23, 2026
- S. 4815 CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2026Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 17, 2026
- S. 645 North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal ActPassed one chamber· Armed Forces and National Security· Jun 9, 2026
- S. 4669 A bill to exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Jun 3, 2026
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
Current seats
- Legislative BranchChairman
- Strategic ForcesChairman
- Telecommunications and MediaChairman
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $831.7K
- through Jun 30, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $408K
- From committees
- $352.8K
- 122 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $86K
- 32 PACs · 24% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hdr, inc.hdr, inc. employee owners pac | $10K | HDR, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| c.h. robinson worldwide inc.c.h. robinson worldwide inc. pac | $10K | C.H. ROBINSON COMPANY, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | — |
| l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac | $6,500 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $115.4M |
| peraton corp.peraton corp. political action committee (a.k.a. 'peraton pac') | $6,000 | PERATON INC.AI match · 99% · the same organization | -$756.1K |
| deere & companydeere & company pac (aka john deere pac) | $5,000 | DEERE & COMPANYAI match · 99% · the same organization | $10.2M |
| cardinal health inc.cardinal health inc. pac | $5,000 | CARDINAL HEALTH 200, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $276.6M |
| nutrien ag solutionsnutrien ag solutions employee citizenship fund political action committee ('nutrien citizenship fund pac') | $5,000 | NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $23.9K |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $4,000 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| nelnet, inc.nelnet inc pac (nelnet pac) | $4,000 | NELNET SERVICING LLCAI match · 95% · of one corporate family | $304.8M |
| corning incorporatedcorning incorporated employees political action committee (corepac) | $3,000 | CORNING NETOPTIXAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | — |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $831.7K | $352.8K | $86K32 PACs · 24% of committee money |
| 2024 | $6.6M | $2.5M | $592.1K118 PACs · 23% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $605.8K | $115K51 PACs · 19% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- Senate · NebraskaJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2031
- Senate · NebraskaJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
- Senate · NebraskaJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
Contact
Official channels, as published.
- Website
- www.fischer.senate.gov
- Phone
- 202-224-6551
- Office
- 448 Russell Senate Office Building
- Contact form
- Contact form
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.