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Heidi Heitkamp

Former

Democrat · ND · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.14
Healthcare
D+0.05
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.56
Environment & Energy
R+0.36
Crime & Policing
D+0.19
Defense & Veterans
R+0.75
Economy & Labor
R+0.10
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.14
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.60
Education
D+0.15
Government & Democracy
R+0.11
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.22

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Heidi Heitkamp's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Heidi Heitkamp (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Heitkamp's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-19 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
2018-11-13 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Government & Democracy
YEA
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance".
2018-10-10 · Joint Resolution Defeated · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance".
2018-10-10 · Joint Resolution Defeated · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to "Short-Term, Limited Duration Insurance".
2018-10-10 · Joint Resolution Defeated · Healthcare, Government & Democracy
YEA
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
2018-10-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
2018-10-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018
2018-10-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
NAY
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2018-10-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2018-10-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2018-10-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2018-10-06 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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