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U.S. Senator · Nebraska
Deb Fischer
RepublicanState R+10119th Congress
Typical swing score59#25 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 7 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 7 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 272, S. 315, S. 567, S. 911 and 2 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. On tracked bills, they have sponsored or cosponsored A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month"., A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day., Laken Riley Act.
Bill-specific inputs
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, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 5535Eviction Crisis Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 59 | Middle |
| S.Res. 930A resolution expressing support for the recognition of October 2026, as "World Menopause Awareness Month" and for global awareness and access to care during menopausal transition and post-menopause.Summary on Congress.gov |