Debbie Stabenow

Former Senator from Michigan, 2001–2025 · Democrat

Record from the 118th Congress · From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 118th Congress

How it’s measured

0.31· expected 1.14

Below expectations

Rank 81 of 102 who served in the Senate that Congress · expected = average of 53 majority-party members

How far Stabenow’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

24 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 23 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law (1)

1 commemorative

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 Mar 22, 2024 · Government Operations and PoliticsCommemorative

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Stabenow’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 118th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Stabenow. Medians and ranks are among everyone who served in the 118th Congress’s Senate.

Stabenow in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured

97/ 100

Chamber median 97 · 21 missed of 691

Voted on 670 of 691 roll calls; missed 21. Higher than 53% of senators.

50%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured

100/ 100

Senate D median 99 · Rank 22 of 53

Sided with the Democratic majority on 523 votes that split the parties. Higher than 78% of senators.

40%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured

18/ 100

Chamber median 18 · +0

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 58% of senators.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured

−0.34

Democratic middle 80%: -0.48 to -0.21

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Stabenow’s bills that passed the Senate or further

All bills

2 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 118th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Stabenow’s effectiveness score.

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.Government Operations and Politics · Became law Mar 22, 2024Substantive173 words Commemorative
S. 3738 GLRI Act of 2024Environmental Protection · Introduced Dec 5, 2024SubstantiveText pending Introduced

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.