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Barbara A. Mikulski

Former

Democrat · MD · 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
D+0.52
Healthcare
D+0.93
Immigration & Border
D+0.83
Guns
—
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.28
Crime & Policing
D+1.00
Defense & Veterans
D+0.66
Economy & Labor
D+0.56
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.58
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.32
Education
D+1.00
Government & Democracy
R+0.71
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+1.00

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

Barbara A. Mikulski'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

Barbara A. Mikulski (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightMikulski

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Mikulski'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
WIIN Act
2016-12-10 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy, Government & Democracy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017
2016-12-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-12-07 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy
YEA
21st Century Cures Act
2016-12-05 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Healthcare, Taxes & Fiscal, Economy & Labor, Crime & Policing
YEA
Iran Sanctions Extension Act
2016-12-01 · Bill Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Iran Sanctions Extension Act
2016-12-01 · Bill Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
ECHO Act
2016-11-29 · Bill Passed · Healthcare
YEA
ECHO Act
2016-11-29 · Bill Passed · Healthcare
YEA
Gold Star Families Voices Act
2016-11-15 · Bill Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Gold Star Families Voices Act
2016-11-15 · Bill Passed · Defense & Veterans
YEA
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
2016-09-28 · Veto Overridden · Foreign Policy & Trade, Crime & Policing, Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act
2016-09-28 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Taxes & Fiscal, Defense & Veterans, Healthcare

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