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Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar

D MN · Senate

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Defense

-62
Helped 827 Hurt 889 Unclear 655

Healthcare

+239
Helped 689 Hurt 450 Unclear 898

Government Operations

-103
Helped 108 Hurt 211 Unclear 864

Finance

-39
Helped 432 Hurt 471 Mixed 1 Unclear 250

Education

-21
Helped 307 Hurt 328 Unclear 419

Transportation

+36
Helped 309 Hurt 273 Unclear 294

Weather

-344
Helped 258 Hurt 602

Energy

+143
Helped 424 Hurt 281 Unclear 144

Criminal Justice

+257
Helped 488 Hurt 231 Unclear 43

Agriculture

+189
Helped 410 Hurt 221 Unclear 128

Technology

-87
Helped 216 Hurt 303 Unclear 124

Veterans Affairs

+198
Helped 373 Hurt 175 Unclear 90

Labor

+87
Helped 254 Hurt 167 Unclear 216

Environment

-40
Helped 155 Hurt 195 Unclear 219

Trade

-23
Helped 203 Hurt 226 Unclear 45

Housing

+102
Helped 230 Hurt 128 Unclear 18

Immigration

-135
Helped 58 Hurt 193 Unclear 106

Science & Space

+40
Helped 189 Hurt 149 Unclear 19

Appropriations

+93
Helped 204 Hurt 111 Unclear 17

Foreign Policy

-28
Helped 127 Hurt 155 Mixed 1 Unclear 33
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

18486 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1642), Veterans Affairs (115), Defense (95), Child Welfare (40), DoD (33), Legislative (21), VA (19), Executive (17), USDA (16), Justice (15), State (14), Congress (12), Agriculture (11), Treasury (11), CMS (9), Transportation (8), NPS (7), Transportation Security (7), Judiciary (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Federal (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), DHS (3), Immigration (3), Local (3), State/Local (3), Cemeteries (2), DOD (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), FTC (2), Homeland Security (2), Housing (2), Intelligence (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Law Enforcement (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Civil Servants (1), Defense R&D (1), EPA (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), HHS (1), Interior (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1), NOAA (1), State Department (1)
Direct (578), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Low Income (2), Native American Voters (2), Capital District (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1)
Direct (295), Patients (16), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3), Mental Health (2), Allied Health (1), Hospitals (1), Physicians (1)
Direct (282), Child Care (3), Higher Education (1), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Students (1), Technical (1), Vocational (1)
Direct (280), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (229), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (2491), Defense (75), Veterans Affairs (66), Judiciary (35), EPA (22), Federal (17), State (16), Child Welfare (15), State/Local (12), Education (11), NPS (11), FDA (9), Immigration (9), HHS (8), Justice (8), Transportation (8), VA (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Homeland Security (7), Executive (5), Foreign (5), USDA (5), Border Security (4), CFPB (4), Legislative (4), Treasury (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), General (3), Independent Agencies (3), Intelligence (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SBA (3), SEC (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Local (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), Oversight (2), Regulatory (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), CMS (1), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Healthcare Administration (1), Housing (1), Interior (1), Interior Department (1), Labor (1), Land Management (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), SSA (1), Scientific Research (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Transportation Security (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (188), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (185), SBA Lending (1), Transgender Individuals (1)
Direct (166), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (150), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2), Mental Health (1)
Direct (150), Foreign (7), AI/Defense (1), Defense (1)
Direct (145), Elections (4), Non-Expansion (3), Healthcare Administration (2), Medicaid Programs (2), Motor Vehicles (2)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.

Analysis coverage
100.0% of votes
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans Affairs (180), Defense (158), DoD (34), VA (23), EPA (22) +53 more
-367
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
+40
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
-50
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
-13
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Research (15), Community (3), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Tribal (3), Family Planning Services (2) +3 more
+57
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
-8
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
+46
Taxpayers - - -18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
-96
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
+4
Transportation +14
Immigration - - +107
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
-23
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
- -1
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
-28

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

sres499-118

Cosponsor

Acknowledging the lifetime of service of Sandra Day O’Connor to the United States as a successful Arizona State Senator, trailblazer, expert collaborator, educational advocate, and one of the great Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

0 clauses Dec 13, 2023

s3478-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have an office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 12, 2023
Transportation Environmental Services

s3457-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To promote fairness in the sale of event tickets.

6 clauses Dec 7, 2023
Transportation Defense Contractors Information Technology Immigration Services

s3447-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To reauthorize the program to support residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women, and for other purposes.

0 clauses Dec 7, 2023

sres492-118

Cosponsor

Honoring the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

0 clauses Dec 7, 2023

s3449-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Dec 7, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s3444-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the accessibility of 9–8–8, and for other purposes.

1 clause Dec 7, 2023
Health Care Providers

s3427-118

Cosponsor Enrolled (Passed Congress)

To extend the authority to provide employees of the United States Secret Service with overtime pay beyond other statutory limitations, and for other purposes.

1 clause Dec 6, 2023
Federal Government Administration Federal Law Enforcement

s3404-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes.

12 clauses Dec 5, 2023
Colleges and Universities Credit Intermediation Federal Government General Public

s3388-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and political subdivisions thereof to hire, employ, train, and dispatch mental health professionals to respond in lieu of law enforcement officers in emergencies involving one or more persons with a mental illness or an intellectual or developmental disability, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Dec 4, 2023
Mental Health Services Federal Government Federal Government Agencies Public Health Services

s3391-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require the Postal Service to implement recommendations from the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service for improving identification and notification of undelivered and partially delivered routes, and for other purposes.

1 clause Dec 4, 2023
Transportation

s3379-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to issue guidance and recommendations for institutions of higher education on removing criminal and juvenile justice questions from their application for admissions process.

3 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Federal Administration Education

s3380-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Nov 30, 2023
Federal Administration Education Defense Contractors

s3360-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the full-service community school program, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Nov 29, 2023
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

sres479-118

Cosponsor

Designating November 2023 as National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month.

0 clauses Nov 29, 2023

s3351-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to extend certain expiring authorities, to restore certain expired authorities, and to institute reforms to protect the civil liberties of United States persons, and for other purposes.

15 clauses Nov 28, 2023
Federal Law Enforcement Legal Services General Public Federal Government - Legislative

s3312-118

Cosponsor Reported

To provide a framework for artificial intelligence innovation and accountability, and for other purposes.

32 clauses Nov 15, 2023
Technology Companies Internet Services Federal Government General Public

s3328-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.

0 clauses Nov 15, 2023

s3324-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To modify the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1993.

1 clause Nov 15, 2023
Information Technology

s3303-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Nov 14, 2023
Transportation Law Enforcement

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