Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR

Democratic Oregon since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 5 Banking & Finance 4 Education 4 Foreign Policy & Trade 3 Economy & Taxes 2 Healthcare 2 Housing 2 Labor & Employment 2 Defense & Military 1 Elections & Voting 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR current Oregon	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2009	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR Oregon	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR Oregon	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee on Printing unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.454, social dim. -0.714. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Confirmation: Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Joseph Edlow to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anthony Tata, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Tata to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Luke Pettit, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jul 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Luke Pettit to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jul 14, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Whitney D. Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit	Nay	Jul 14, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jonathan Gould, of Virginia, to be Comptroller of the Currency	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jonathan Gould to be Comptroller of the Currency	Nay	Jul 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Kupor, of California, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bryan Bedford, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Kupor to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy	Nay	Jul 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bryan Bedford to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Nay	Jul 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Preston Griffith to be Under Secretary of Energy	Nay	Jul 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Bill Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2360, as Amended	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 2848	Nay	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Klobuchar Amdt. No. 2849	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 2585	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Warner Amdt. No. 2847	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 2564	Yea	Jul 1, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,000 recorded contributions totalling $1,123,484. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 60 of 1000 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Corporate PAC	34	$572,283	51%
Big donor	26	$76,100	7%
Unclassified	940	$475,101	42%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$48,243	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	May 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$47,158	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jan 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$37,000	PROGRESS FOR OREGON	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 9, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,355	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,272	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$30,000	PROGRESS FOR OREGON	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 19, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$24,540	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,173	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,493	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,180	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,439	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$15,349	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,862	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jun 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,818	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Aug 1, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$14,620	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Oct 2, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.