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Christopher Murphy

DemocratIn office

Connecticut · House 2007–2013 · Senate 2013–present

  • Senate Democratic Conference Deputy Secretary (2025–present)
20073 House terms · 3 Senate terms — lighter bands are House, solid are Senatepresent

Voting record by issue

Where this member landed on each issue across their entire career, and how consistent that position stayed over time. Open an issue to see every vote behind the score.

Health Care ›200 votes · 85.7/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration ›61 votes · 70.9/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns ›13 votes · 59.4/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception ›19 votes · 87.8/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy ›79 votes · 86.5/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes ›130 votes · 68.4/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages ›70 votes · 94.9/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers ›220 votes · 58.7/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights ›31 votes · 85.4/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy ›8 votes · 100/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections ›4 votes · 100/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice ›101 votes · 41.5/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation ›74 votes · 48.9/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade ›29 votes · 33.9/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

Not a left/right axis — both parties split on this issue.

Education ›74 votes · 45.2/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget ›660 votes · 78.1/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

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Committee assignments

  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
  • ↳ Department of Defense
  • ↳ Department of Homeland SecurityRanking Member
  • ↳ Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • ↳ Employment and Workplace Safety
  • ↳ Europe and Regional Security CooperationRanking Member
  • ↳ Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism
  • ↳ Primary Health and Retirement Security
  • ↳ State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  • ↳ Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
  • ↳ Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
2007–2009HouseCT-5Democrat110–111
2009–2011HouseCT-5Democrat111–112
2011–2013HouseCT-5Democrat112–113
2013–2019SenateCTDemocrat113–116
2019–2025SenateCTDemocrat116–119
2025–presentSenateCTDemocrat119–122