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U.S. Senator · Nebraska
Deb Fischer
RepublicanState R+10119th Congress
Typical swing score45#49 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Deb Fischer’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office448 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 6 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 6 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 272, S. 315, S. 567, S. 911 and 1 more.
- WeakHeritage Action 79 vs. Senate Republican avg 88Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 79; the Senate Republican average is 88.1 (n=53). That is 9 points toward the Democrats.
Keeps them with Republicans · 0 signals
None of our measures place this member firmly with their party.
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
- Senate class
- Class 1
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 5, 2030
- Years in office
- 13.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Joint Committee of Congress on the LibraryMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Joint Committee on PrintingMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMajority · 11th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Fischer← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.461 is 0.10 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average- 119th Congress79Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 5284Claiming Age Clarity ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the House | 60
| Middle |
| H.R. 5348Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov |