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Their Record

Jeff Merkley

DemocratIn office

Oregon · Senate 2009–present

20093 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 · 81.7/100 consistent
Expand coverageRestrict coverage
Immigration 57 votes · 76/100 consistent
ExpansiveRestrictive
Guns 17 votes · 68.2/100 consistent
Gun restrictionsGun rights
Abortion & Contraception 22 votes · 87.8/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Climate & Energy 72 votes · 75.7/100 consistent
Climate actionFossil fuel priority
Taxes 151 votes · 67/100 consistent
Raise revenueCut taxes
Labor & Wages 61 votes · 97.7/100 consistent
Worker priorityEmployer priority
Defense & War Powers 188 votes · 41/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
Civil Rights 26 votes · 79.6/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
LGBTQ Policy 8 votes · 100/100 consistent
Broaden protectionsNarrow protections
Voting & Elections 3 votes · 100/100 consistent
Expand accessRestrict access
Criminal Justice 58 votes · 54.1/100 consistent
Reform-orientedPunitive
Financial Regulation 83 votes · 52.4/100 consistent
RegulateDeregulate
Trade 33 votes · 17.5/100 consistent
ProtectionistFree trade

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

Education 48 votes · 55.5/100 consistent
Expand federal roleReduce federal role
Spending & Budget 743 votes · 78.6/100 consistent
Fiscal expansionFiscal restraint

Money & lobbying ties

Political committees that gave to this member’s principal campaign committee.

12 committees, $41,225 total (cycle 2024). Source: FEC Schedule A, line 11C. A contribution is a documented financial relationship — it is not evidence that any vote was influenced by it. Conduit committees such as ActBlue and WinRed appear here as the FEC records them, but they forward earmarked donations from individuals rather than giving money of their own.

CommitteeCycleAmount
IMPACT2024$10,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)2024$5,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC (AANP-PAC)2024$5,000
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOC PAC2024$5,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS2024$5,000
BACPAC2024$3,000
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS2024$2,500
IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND2024$2,100
K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTITION COMMITTEE (DC)2024$1,000
ASHA PAC2024$1,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PAC2024$1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGAT2024$625

Industry rollups are not shown

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Committee assignments

  • Joint Committee on Printing
  • Senate Committee on Appropriations
  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Committee on the BudgetRanking Member
  • Africa and Global Health Policy
  • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
  • Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightRanking Member
  • Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
  • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
  • Department of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
  • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
  • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
  • Energy and Water Development
  • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
  • Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues

Full term history

YearsChamberStatePartyCongress
2009–2015SenateORDemocrat111–114
2015–2021SenateORDemocrat114–117
2021–presentSenateORDemocrat117–120