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U.S. Senate · Nebraska

Deb Fischer

RRepublicanIn this seat since January 3, 2013Term ends January 3, 2031
Previous profession
Rancher; President, Nebraska Association of School Boards
First public office
2005Senator, Nebraska Legislature, 2005 to 2013
Years in public office
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Confirmed from the official recordSource: Congressional Directory for the 119th Congress (2025-2026), February 20, 2026. We saved our copy on October 8, 2026.

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Since the current Congress began on January 3, 2025, Fischer has a recorded vote on 38 laws that passed.

38 Yes · 0 No
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The record in plain language

Of the 118 laws passed since January 3, 2025, 38 came to a recorded vote in the Senate while Fischer is a member. The rest passed the Senate by voice vote or without objection, which records no individual votes.

Fischer votes Yes on the Laken Riley Act on immigration detention; the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax and spending law; the HALT Fentanyl Act; the GENIUS Act on stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar); the Rescissions Act of 2025, which cancelled about $9 billion in approved spending; the defense policy law for fiscal year 2026; the Secure America Act, a 2026 budget law; the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; and the Russia and Iran sanctions law.

On funding the government, Fischer votes Yes on the March 2025 full-year funding law; the November 2025 law that ended the 43-day shutdown; the January 2026 funding law for science, energy, Interior and the EPA; the February 2026 funding law for a further group of agencies; and the September 2026 funding extension.

Congress cancelled 24 federal rules by recorded vote in the Senate in that time. Fischer votes to cancel 24 and against cancelling 0. The rules Fischer votes to cancel come from: Interior: Bureau of Land Management (7), Environmental Protection Agency (6), Energy (4), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2), District of Columbia government (1), Treasury: Comptroller of the Currency (1), Interior: National Park Service (1), Treasury: Internal Revenue Service (1) and Interior: Ocean Energy Management (1).

Fischer votes the same way as most Senate Republicans on all 38 of these Yes and No votes.

Votes on laws that passed

Public Law 119-111 · Signed Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026

Authorizes and expands sanctions and tariffs on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran.

House 262–159Senate 86–11Votes Yes
Public Law 119-103 · Signed Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027

Keeps the federal government funded at about last year's levels through December 11, 2026.

House 370–48Senate 90–6Votes Yes
Public Law 119-101 · Became law without a signature on 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

A package of housing measures intended to increase the supply of homes.

House 358–32Senate 85–5Votes Yes
Public Law 119-98 · Signed Secure America Act

Gives the Department of Homeland Security extra money for border and immigration enforcement, in seven amounts that add up to $69.545 billion.

House 214–212Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 140 · Signed Public Law 119-85

Cancels a federal order that had closed about 225,000 acres of national forest in northeastern Minnesota, near the Boundary Waters, to new mining leases for 20 years.

House 214–208Senate 50–49Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 142 · Signed Public Law 119-78

Cancels a District of Columbia law that changed how D.C.'s income and business taxes follow federal tax rules.

House 215–210Senate 49–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-75 · Signed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for a further group of federal agencies.

House 217–214Senate 71–29Votes Yes
Public Law 119-74 · Signed Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026

Full-year fiscal 2026 funding for the Commerce and Justice Departments, science agencies, energy and water programs, the Interior Department and the EPA.

House 397–28Senate 82–15Votes Yes
Public Law 119-60 · Signed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

The annual defense policy law.

House 312–112Senate 77–20Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 131 · Signed Public Law 119-52

Cancels a land agency decision that limited oil and gas leasing on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House 217–209Senate 49–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 130 · Signed Public Law 119-51

Cancels a land agency plan for northeastern Wyoming that ended new federal coal leasing in the Buffalo area.

House 214–212Senate 51–43Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 106 · Signed Public Law 119-50

Cancels a land agency plan for central Alaska that set aside large areas for conservation and limited development.

House 215–210Senate 50–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 105 · Signed Public Law 119-49

Cancels a land agency plan for federal lands in North Dakota that limited where coal, oil and gas could be leased.

House 215–211Senate 50–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 104 · Signed Public Law 119-48

Cancels a land agency plan for eastern Montana that ended new federal coal leasing in the Miles City area.

House 211–208Senate 52–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 80 · Signed Public Law 119-47

Cancels a land agency plan that limited oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

House 216–209Senate 52–45Votes Yes
Public Law 119-37 · Signed Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Ends the 43-day government shutdown of fall 2025.

House 222–209Senate 60–40Votes Yes
Public Law 119-28 · Signed Rescissions Act of 2025

Cancels about $9 billion that Congress had already approved: roughly $8 billion in foreign aid and about $1 billion for public broadcasting.

House adopted H.Res. 590, 216–213Senate 51–48Votes Yes
Public Law 119-27 · Signed GENIUS Act

Creates the first federal rules for payment stablecoins (digital tokens pegged to the dollar).

House 308–122Senate 68–30Votes Yes
Public Law 119-26 · Signed HALT Fentanyl Act

Permanently places fentanyl-related substances in the most restricted drug category, which carries the strictest criminal penalties, and eases registration for researchers who study them.

House 321–104Senate 84–16Votes Yes
Public Law 119-21 · Signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act

A broad tax and spending law.

House 218–214Senate 50–50Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 31 · Signed Public Law 119-20

Cancels an EPA rule that had stopped certain large sources of toxic air pollution from being moved into a less strictly regulated category.

House 216–212Senate 52–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 13 · Signed Public Law 119-19

Cancels a bank regulator's rule that changed how proposed bank mergers are reviewed, restoring the earlier, faster process.

House 220–207Senate 52–47Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 89 · Signed Public Law 119-17

Cancels the EPA approval that let California set stricter smog-pollution limits for heavy-duty truck engines.

House 225–196Senate 49–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 88 · Signed Public Law 119-16

Cancels the EPA approval that let California phase out sales of new gasoline-only cars by 2035.

House 246–164Senate 51–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 87 · Signed Public Law 119-15

Cancels the EPA approval that let California require truck makers to sell a rising share of zero-emission trucks.

House 231–191Senate 51–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 61 · Signed Public Law 119-14

Cancels an EPA rule that tightened limits on toxic air emissions from tire manufacturing plants.

House 216–202Senate 55–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 60 · Signed Public Law 119-13

Cancels a National Park Service rule that restricted where off-road vehicles could drive in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

House 219–205Senate 50–43Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 28 · Signed Public Law 119-11

Cancels a rule that would have put the largest digital payment apps under the consumer bureau's regular supervision.

House 219–211Senate 51–47Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 18 · Signed Public Law 119-10

Cancels a consumer bureau rule that would have limited overdraft fees at the largest banks and credit unions.

House 217–211Senate 52–48Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 75 · Signed Public Law 119-9

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for commercial refrigerators and freezers.

House 214–193Senate 52–45Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 42 · Signed Public Law 119-8

Cancels an Energy Department rule on how appliance makers certify, label and report the energy use of their products.

House 222–203Senate 52–46Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 24 · Signed Public Law 119-7

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for walk-in coolers and freezers used by stores and restaurants.

House 203–182Senate 53–42Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 20 · Signed Public Law 119-6

Cancels an Energy Department efficiency standard for tankless gas water heaters.

House 221–198Senate 53–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 25 · Signed Public Law 119-5

Cancels an IRS rule that would have required decentralized finance platforms to report their customers' digital asset sales the way stockbrokers do.

House 292–132Senate 70–28Votes Yes
Public Law 119-4 · Signed Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Funds the federal government through September 30, 2025, mostly at the prior year's levels, with more for defense and less for non-defense programs.

House 217–213Senate 54–46Votes Yes
S.J.Res. 11 · Signed Public Law 119-3

Cancels a rule that required offshore oil and gas leaseholders to submit archaeological surveys of the seabed before drilling.

House 221–202Senate 54–44Votes Yes
H.J.Res. 35 · Signed Public Law 119-2

Cancels an EPA rule that set up how oil and gas facilities would be charged a fee for excess methane emissions.

House 220–206Senate 52–47Votes Yes
Public Law 119-1 · Signed Laken Riley Act

Requires immigration authorities to detain non-citizens without legal status who are charged with, arrested for or convicted of theft-related crimes, assaulting a police officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury.

House 263–156Senate 64–35Votes Yes

What this member says about laws and orders

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  1. Fischer Applauds E15 Waiver, Calls for Permanent Solution

    “On the first day of his second term, President Trump took steps to make E15 available year-round through his Executive Order Declaring a National Energy Emergency.”

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Member-requested spending

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Congress printed 50 spending items this member requested, $182,861,000 in all, in the lists read for 4 laws.

Laws read: Public Law 119-37, Public Law 119-74, Public Law 119-75, Public Law 119-86.

RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
USDA Agricultural Research Service co-located at the University of Nebraska LincolnPublic Law 119-37USDA ARS National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision AgricultureAgricultural Research Service · Buildings and FacilitiesNE$16,000,000
Consolidated Training Complex/ Professional Development Center: DesignPublic Law 119-37Consolidated Training Complex/ Professional Development Center: DesignAir ForceNone printed$6,000,000
Permanent Party Dormitory, 172 Bed: DesignPublic Law 119-37Permanent Party Dormitory, 172 Bed: DesignAir ForceNone printed$6,000,000
Survivable Airborne Operations Center: DesignPublic Law 119-37Survivable Airborne Operations Center: DesignAir ForceNone printed$42,350,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE City of Gothen Water UtilityEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$776,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE Middle Niobrar Resources Dis Pine Creek an Watershed ImpEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$1,421,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE Village of Gre Wastewater ImEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$2,372,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE Village of Ong System RenovaEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$100,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE Village of She ImprovementsEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$600,000
on STAG--Clean Water Stat Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74e NE Village of Val Sewer RehabilEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$468,000
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RecipientLawPurposeStateAmount
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NE City of Genoa and TransmissEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$620,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NE City of McCook Treatment PlaEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$3,200,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NE Santee Sioux T Santee Reserv Nebraska for Capacity and ImprovementsEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$8,250,000
on STAG--Drinking Water S Revolving FundPublic Law 119-74tate NE Village of Far System ImprovEnvironmentAgency · al ProtectiNone printed$696,000
University of Nebraska Board of RegentsPublic Law 119-74Instrumentation for Advanced Water ResearchDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$1,000,000
University of Nebraska Board of RegentsPublic Law 119-74Scientific Instrumentation for Biomedical ResearchDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$3,000,000
University of Nebraska Board of RegentsPublic Law 119-74Growing Nebraska's BioeconomyDOC · NIST--STR SNone printed$1,000,000
University of Nebraska Board of RegentsPublic Law 119-74Child Trafficking Prevention ProjectDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$2,000,000
Lancaster CountyPublic Law 119-74Lancaster County Sheriff's Office Equipment and Body-Worn CamerasDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,200,000
City of OmahaPublic Law 119-74Police Public Safety EquipmentDOJ · OJP--ByrneNone printed$1,000,000
Douglas County Sheriff's OfficePublic Law 119-74Sheriff's Office Technology Systems UpgradesDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$639,000
City of BeatricePublic Law 119-74Southeast Communications 911 Center Equipment UpgradesDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$782,000
Thayer CountyPublic Law 119-74Emergency Radio System ImprovementsDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$327,000
Region 26 CouncilPublic Law 119-74Multi-County Communications Center Radio UpdateDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$415,000
Otoe CountyPublic Law 119-74Communications Modernization ProjectDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$2,700,000
Nebraska State PatrolPublic Law 119-74Nebraska Online Child Exploitation Prevention Technology ProjectDOJ · COPS TechNone printed$176,000
City of O'NeillPublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction to support replacement and installation of boiler and water heating systemsHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationNE$3,500,000
The City of FriendPublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction and renovation of operating room and purchase of operating room equipmentHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationNE$2,500,000
University of Nebraska Board of RegentsPublic Law 119-75for facilities and equipment for construction of Infectious Disease Air Transport Training FacilityHHS · Health Resources and Services AdministrationNE$12,000,000
Brenner Field Airport (FNB)Public Law 119-75Taxiway RelocationDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNE$600,000
Blair Executive Airport (BTA)Public Law 119-75Runway ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNE$5,000,000
Hastings Municipal Airport (HSI)Public Law 119-75Electrical ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNE$4,000,000
Alliance Municipal Airport (AIA)Public Law 119-75Airport ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNE$6,000,000
Nebraska City Municipal Airport (AFK)Public Law 119-75Airport ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for AirportsNE$3,440,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Omaha Urban Core RenewalDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$3,500,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Sheridan County Road RehabilitationDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$3,434,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Fairbury Highway 136 ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$4,000,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Garfield County Asphalt ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$3,200,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Village of Exeter Paving ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$700,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Brown County Bridge Rehabs and ReplacementDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$897,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Stromsburg 9th Street ReconstructionDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$2,275,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Garden County Bridge ReplacementDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$5,200,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Gage County Hickory Road ImprovementsDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$4,733,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Village of Adams Pavement ProjectDepartment of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$880,000
NEPublic Law 119-75Chadron North on Highway 385Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure ProgramsNE$6,000,000
Seward CountyPublic Law 119-75Paving 420th RoadDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNE$1,000,000
Village of ClatoniaPublic Law 119-75Fire HallDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNE$1,310,000
City of PlattsmouthPublic Law 119-75Aerial Fire TruckDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNE$1,800,000
City of South Sioux CityPublic Law 119-75Aerial Fire Truck and Fire EquipmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNE$2,500,000
City of FriendPublic Law 119-75Friend Volunteer Fire and Rescue DepartmentDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development FundNE$1,300,000

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Campaign money

For the 2026 election cycle, Fischer's campaign reports receiving $831,699.62 and reports spending $448,880.23, as of June 30, 2026.

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What the filing reports2026 cycleFEC number S2NE00094as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S2NE00094as of December 31, 2024
Money raised (total receipts)$831,699.62$6,555,361.20
Money spent (total disbursements)$448,880.23$7,930,346.81
Cash on hand (at the end of the period)$408,031.22$25,211.83
Debts (owed by the committee)$0.00$95,547.54

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Reported as received from2026 cycleFEC number S2NE00094as of June 30, 20262024 cycleFEC number S2NE00094as of December 31, 2024
Individuals, itemized$316,280.48$2,363,052.23
Individuals, unitemized$14,698.56$311,982.28
Other political committees$339,154.16$2,295,535.00
Party committees$0.00$52,800.00
The candidate, contributions$0.00$0.00
The candidate, loans$0.00$9,400.00

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