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
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission (Reappointment)	Nay	Jun 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Olivia Trusty to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission	Nay	Jun 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Gary Andres to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services	Nay	Jun 16, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Nay	Jun 12, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Amdt. No. 2307	Nay	Jun 12, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Amdt. No. 2307	Nay	Jun 12, 2025	Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Amdt. No. 2310	Yea	Jun 12, 2025	Motion to Table Failed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William Long, of Missouri, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Nay	Jun 12, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 54 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of the United Arab…	Yea	Jun 11, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 53 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Qatar of certain…	Yea	Jun 11, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act	Nay	Jun 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William Long to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Nay	Jun 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew Hughes, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Nay	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew Hughes to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Nay	Jun 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture	Nay	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Vaden to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture	Nay	Jun 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Fotouhi, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jun 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Fotouhi to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jun 9, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brett Shumate, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Jun 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brett Shumate to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Jun 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Andrew Eisenberg, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Jun 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Andrew Eisenberg to be an Assistant Attorney General (National Security Division)	Nay	Jun 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services	Nay	Jun 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Edward Walsh, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland	Nay	Jun 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michelle Bowman, of Kansas, to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	Nay	Jun 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	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.