Ranked most liberal compared to Senate Party Leaders Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Klobuchar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (7th percentile); Senate Democrats (16th percentile); All Senators (8th percentile).

Cosponsored the 2nd most bills compared to All Senators Klobuchar cosponsored 556 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills » Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (98th percentile); Senate Democrats (96th percentile); All Senators (98th percentile).

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 2nd most bills compared to All Senators (tied with 1 other) In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 50 of Klobuchar’s 79 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Klobuchar caucused with in 2019. Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (92nd percentile); Serving 10+ Years (95th percentile); Senate Democrats (96th percentile); All Senators (97th percentile). Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Wrote the 3rd fewest laws compared to Senate Party Leaders (tied with 2 others) Klobuchar introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law. View Enacted Bills » Those bills were: S. 191: Burn Pits Accountability Act Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (17th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (10th percentile); Senate Democrats (20th percentile); All Senators (20th percentile). The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor’s original intent is not in the final bill.

Ranked the 14th top leader compared to All Senators Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills. For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Klobuchar’s score elsewhere on GovTrack. Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (76th percentile); Senate Democrats (82nd percentile); All Senators (86th percentile).

Got the 15th most cosponsors on their bills compared to All Senators Klobuchar’s bills and resolutions had 445 cosponsors in 2019. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills » Compare to all Senate Party Leaders (67th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (71st percentile); Senate Democrats (73rd percentile); All Senators (85th percentile).