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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+0.11
Healthcare
D+0.05
Immigration & Border
R+1.00
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.33
Environment & Energy
R+0.37
Crime & Policing
D+0.41
Defense & Veterans
R+0.54
Economy & Labor
R+0.01
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.32
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.71
Education
D+0.22
Government & Democracy
R+0.27
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.24

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.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightHeitkamp

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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
Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2018-12-19 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-19 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2018-12-19 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-19 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2018-12-19 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-19 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Joseph Maguire, of Florida, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2018-12-19 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
2018-12-19 · Motion for Attendance Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
First Step Act of 2018
2018-12-17 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy
YEA
First Step Act of 2018
2018-12-17 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Environment & Energy
YEA
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress.
2018-12-13 · Joint Resolution Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
2018-12-11 · Conference Report Agreed to · Economy & Labor, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal

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