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U.S. Senator from Nebraska

Deb Fischer

Republican · Nebraska

Former Nebraska state senator and rancher, serving in U.S. Senate since 2013. Armed Services Committee member. Focus on agriculture, defense, and rural broadband.

Record

Conservative Republican rancher. Focus on Nebraska agricultural interests, military and defense procurement, and expanding rural broadband infrastructure.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.4815 — CHIP IN for Veterans Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 17, 2026)
  • S.4669 — A bill to exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads. (Introduced, Jun 3, 2026)
  • S.4151 — Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 19, 2026)
  • S.3802 — Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 9, 2026)
  • S.3656 — A bill to designate the portion of Interstate Route 680 in Omaha, Nebraska, as the "Hal Daub Freeway". (Introduced, Jan 15, 2026)
    This bill designates a portion of Interstate Route 680 in Omaha, Nebraska, as the Hal Daub Freeway. Harold John Daub Jr. served in the House of Representatives from 1981-1989 and as the mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, from 1995-2001.
  • S.3552 — HAULS Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 17, 2025)
  • S.3236 — Increasing Tribal Input on Nutrition Act of 2025 (Introduced, Nov 20, 2025)
  • S.2828 — Child Care Modernization Act of 2025 (Introduced, Sep 17, 2025)

Notable votes

  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • S.5015 — Broadband MAP Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • S.5025 — Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 16, 2026)
  • S.4909 — Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • S.4933 — Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • S.4844 — PFAS Alternatives Act (Introduced, Jun 18, 2026)
  • S.4811 — Tribal Conservation Priorities Inclusion Act (Introduced, Jun 17, 2026)
  • S.J.Res.56 — Life Month Resolution (Introduced, Jun 16, 2026)
  • S.4671 — Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 16, 2026)

Voting analysis

Deb Fischer's committee list is long — agriculture, appropriations, armed services, commerce, rules, ethics and two joint committees — and carries neither a gavel nor a ranking slot anywhere on it. She has also not missed a recorded vote.

0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting
3.2%
Votes against the Republican majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
44 of 51
Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

The vote that stops an amendment

Her departures are mostly refusals. On five occasions she voted against amendments her conference supported — three from one Republican colleague, one each from two others — and every one of those amendments failed. She also voted against a spending bill her party passed. The single exception points the other way: she supported an amendment offered by a Democratic senator on a tax bill, which the chamber rejected.

All 7 roll calls where Deb Fischer voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R. 7148
Paul Amdt. No. 4272
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jan 30, 2026Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 1
Hirono Amdt. No. 2382
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2382 to S.Amdt. 2360 to H.R. 1 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jul 1, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 1968
Paul Amdt. No. 1266
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Mar 14, 2025Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82
Crapo Amdt. No. 3331
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3331 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Dec 20, 2024Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82
Cruz Amdt. No. 3360
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3360 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Dec 20, 2024Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82
Paul Amdt. No. 3352
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3352 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Dec 20, 2024Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 9747
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 9747 · roll call 118		Sep 25, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)

Nebraska's two seats

Nebraska is represented by two Republicans. Fischer records marginally fewer departures than her colleague does.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Nebraska delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 3.9%. Deb Fischer is below that average at 3.2%.

What she legislates on

The filings are practical and often local: a veterans health insurance measure, an exemption from warning flag requirements for one class of truck-trailer combination, an unfunded mandates accountability bill, a foster care stabilisation measure, and the naming of a stretch of interstate in Omaha. Families and transport lead the classified subjects, though neither by much.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Deb Fischer's cluster into: Families (2), Transportation and Public Works (2), Armed Forces and National Security (1), Government Operations and Politics (1), Native Americans (1).

349
Bills sponsored
1592
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure

She reached the Senate from the Nebraska legislature and a ranching background, and her service now places her in the veteran band under one party label.

First elected in 2013, now serving across 7 terms. Deb Fischer falls in the veteran cohort.

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Deb Fischer has 349 bills sponsored, 1592 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
  • Joint Committee on Printing
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Select Committee on Ethics
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

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