Former senator · Michigan

Debbie Stabenow

Debbie Stabenow served in Congress from 1997 to 2025, last as a Democratic senator from Michigan. In the 118th Congress, 691 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 21, and cast 522 of 525 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
Former
In Congress since
Jan 7, 1997
Last term ended
Jan 3, 2025
Open in the Congress explorerOfficial record
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

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.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
118th CongressSenate6913.0%21 of 691 · rank 55 of 10199%522 of 525 · rank 26 of 101361 became law20%70 of 343
117th CongressSenate9490.8%8 of 949 · rank 87 of 10099%756 of 760 · rank 22 of 100532 became law23%94 of 415

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 118th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.34+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.

  1. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–50· Against party
  2. H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
    Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 30–69· Against party
  3. H.J.Res. 39: Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With Presidential Proclamation 10414".Yea
    May 3, 2023· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 56–41· Against party
  4. S.Con.Res. 14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.Yea
    Aug 10, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party
  5. S.Con.Res. 5: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.Yea
    Feb 4, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 58–42· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. H.R. 10545: American Relief Act, 2025Yea
    Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 85–11
  2. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Yea
    Dec 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 76–20
  3. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 34–62
  4. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64
  5. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 28–67
  6. H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act of 2023Nay
    Dec 20, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 3–93
  7. H.R. 9747: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Yea
    Sep 25, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 78–18
  8. H.R. 9468: Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
    Sep 19, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–47
  9. S.J.Res. 58: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces".Nay
    May 21, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 50–45
  10. H.J.Res. 109: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121".Nay
    May 16, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Passed 60–38
  11. S.J.Res. 57: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury relating to "Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds".Nay
    May 15, 2024· Senate· Passage· On the Joint Resolution· Joint Resolution Defeated 46–49
  12. H.R. 3935: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Yea
    May 9, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 88–4

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

89 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced7787%
  2. Reported by committee22.2%
  3. Passed one chamber77.9%
  4. Became law33.4%

Policy areas

  1. Health33
  2. Agriculture and Food9
  3. Taxation9
  4. Armed Forces and National Security7
  5. Social Welfare6
  6. Environmental Protection4
  7. Congress3
  8. Education3

Latest activity

  1. S. 3738 GLRI Act of 2024
    Passed one chamber· Environmental Protection· Dec 5, 2024
  2. S. 5335 Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024
    Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Nov 18, 2024
  3. S.Res. 775 A resolution expressing support for the designation of July 15, 2024, as "National Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day".
    Introduced· Health· Jul 30, 2024
  4. S. 4693 Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jul 11, 2024
  5. S. 4192 We Can't Wait Act of 2024
    Introduced· Social Welfare· Apr 18, 2024
  6. S.Res. 639 A resolution expressing support for the designation of the month of April 2024 as "Parkinson's Awareness Month".
    Introduced· Health· Apr 11, 2024
  7. S. 1278 A bill to designate the Federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "Rosa Parks Federal Building", and for other purposes.
    Became law· Government Operations and Politics· Mar 22, 2024
  8. S.Res. 592 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Social Work Month and World Social Work Day on March 19, 2024.
    Introduced· Social Welfare· Mar 19, 2024

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

No committee seats are listed.

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
$8,350
through Jun 30, 2025
Cash on hand
$0
From committees
$0
0 committees
From contractor PACs
$0
0 PACs · — of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$8,350$0$00 PACs · — of committee money
2024$174.8K-$80.7K-$8,0000 PACs · — of committee money
2022$3.8M$735.4K$98.9K43 PACs · 13% 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.

  1. Senate · MichiganJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2025
  2. Senate · MichiganJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2019
  3. Senate · MichiganJan 4, 2007 – Jan 3, 2013
  4. Senate · MichiganJan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2007
  5. House · Michigan's 8th districtJan 6, 1999 – Jan 3, 2001
  6. House · Michigan's 8th districtJan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 1999

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.