Deb Fischer
U.S. Senator (Class 1), NE
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), NE current
Nebraska |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2031 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), NE
Nebraska |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Nebraska
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Senator (Class 1), NE
Nebraska |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US Senate District Nebraska
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- Joint Committee of Congress on the Library unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Joint Committee on Printing unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry — Rural Development, Energy, and Credit unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General Government unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Legislative Branch — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Airland unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Readiness and Management Support unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media — Chairman unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- Senate Select Committee on Ethics unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.461, social dim. 0.333. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (840 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 412 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Hung Cao, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Hung Cao to be Under Secretary of the Navy | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Oct 1, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 30, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 30, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2806 — Eliminate Shutdowns Act | Nay | Sep 29, 2025 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the General Assembly of the United… | Yea | Sep 29, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of… | Yea | Sep 29, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations | Yea | Sep 19, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael G. Waltz to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations | Yea | Sep 19, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 19, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| S 2882 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 19, 2025 | Bill Defeated | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157… | Yea | Sep 18, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Shall the Decision of the Chair stand as the Judgment of the Senate? | Nay | Sep 17, 2025 | Decision of Chair Not Sustained | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Reconsider the Vote by which the Motion to Invoke Cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. en bloc (Roll Call Vote No. 522) was not… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Motion to Reconsider Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Executive Calendar Nos: 89, 105, 107, 121, 122, 123, 124, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154… | Yea | Sep 17, 2025 | Cloture Motion Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SCONRES 22 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the… | Yea | Sep 16, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 60 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Nay | Sep 16, 2025 | Motion to Proceed Rejected | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Confirmation: Stephen Miran, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Yea | Sep 15, 2025 | Nomination Confirmed | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Miran to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | Yea | Sep 15, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Sep 15, 2025 | Resolution Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SRES 377 — An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. | Yea | Sep 11, 2025 | Cloture Motion Agreed to | U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,260 recorded contributions totalling $23,354,619. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 1147 of 1260 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super PAC | 261 | $17,280,123 | 74% |
| Corporate PAC | 332 | $2,619,982 | 11% |
| Big donor | 529 | $1,842,375 | 8% |
| Party | 25 | $935,559 | 4% |
| Unclassified | 113 | $676,580 | 3% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,455,688 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 18, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $1,455,688 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 18, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $500,000 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $500,000 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $499,955 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $499,955 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $449,985 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $449,985 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $390,418 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 2, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $390,418 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 2, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $372,684 | — | ESAFUND | Super PAC | Oct 24, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $372,684 | — | ESAFUND | Super PAC | Oct 24, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $360,000 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $360,000 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 9, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $325,000 | — | RETIRE CAREER POLITICIANS | Super PAC | Oct 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Sponsored legislation (5 as lead sponsor)
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S 2585
US · Jun 18, 2026
MAP for Broadband Funding Act
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S 4815
US · Jun 17, 2026
A bill to permanently extend the pilot program of the Department of Veterans Affairs on acceptance by the Department of donated facilities and related…
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S 645
US · Jun 9, 2026
North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
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S 4669
US · Jun 3, 2026
A bill to exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
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SRES 727
US · Jun 1, 2026
A resolution supporting the designation of May 29, 2026, as "Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day" to raise awareness around mental health in the…
Social media
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