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

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
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

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)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert Cekada to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Nay Apr 27, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the… Nay Apr 23, 2026 Concurrent Resolution Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 5333 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Wyden Amdt. No. 5336 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Padilla Amdt. No. 4855 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 5159 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 5235 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 5378 Nay Apr 23, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Markey Amdt. No. 5001 Yea Apr 23, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hawley Amdt. No. 4794 Nay Apr 23, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 5414 Nay Apr 23, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Alsobrooks Amdt. No. 5294 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 4956 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hirono Amdt. No. 4884 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Graham Amdt. No. 5281 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Ossoff Amdt. No. 4897 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Lujan Amdt. No. 4798 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 4799 Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 114 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Yea Apr 22, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the… Nay Apr 21, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Andrew B. Davis, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 20, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Andrew B. Davis to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 16, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Apr 16, 2026 Joint Resolution Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 140 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… Nay Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to 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 typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 34 $572,283 51%
Big donor 26 $76,100 7%
Unclassified 940 $475,101 42%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$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.

Sponsored legislation (15 as lead sponsor)

Showing the 10 most recent.

Social media

Recent posts

  • Bluesky · Jun 19, 2026 · 9:33 PM
    GO TEAM USA!
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  • Bluesky · Jun 19, 2026 · 6:16 PM
    @usmnt.ussoccer.com is off to an amazing World Cup start with a 4-1 win against Paraguay under their belts. Good luck to Team USA as they take on Australia today! Welcome to the PNW!
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  • Bluesky · Jun 19, 2026 · 4:52 PM
    On Juneteenth, we recognize the lasting, generational harms of slavery. Justice is still so often denied to Black Americans. We recommit to building a more just country for all. That must include removing the Slavery Clause from the 13th Amendment. #EndTheException
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  • YouTube · Jun 19, 2026 · 1:30 AM
    Trump’s Iran deal is humiliating for him. His war of choice has been devastating for us.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 18, 2026 · 6:24 PM
    I’m glad the bombs have stopped falling, but we are so much worse off than we were before Trump’s illegal war of choice. This is a crisis of Trump’s own making. What Trump called Operation Epic Fury is now Operation Epic Failure.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 18, 2026 · 4:13 PM
    Huge win!! In partnership with Senator Lisa Murkowski, we protected the Ocean Observatories Initiative—critical sensors that are essential for managing our fisheries, forecasting weather, and understanding climate change.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 17, 2026 · 11:07 PM
    HUGE: I just led an “SOS” call on the Senate floor—Save Ocean Sensors—with Senator Lisa Murkowski!
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  • YouTube · Jun 17, 2026 · 9:38 PM
    It’s a simple question. He wouldn’t answer. Telling.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 17, 2026 · 5:18 PM
    Trump’s claim: this is taxpayer free. The truth: taxpayers would be socked for over $300 million!! Hell no!
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  • Bluesky · Jun 17, 2026 · 3:32 PM
    Sports at their best: bringing communities together. We welcome the Jordanian men’s team to Portland!
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  • Bluesky · Jun 17, 2026 · 12:36 AM
    A chilling look into how this Administration wants to take away our constitutional rights, settled precedent, and trample on the rule of law. I will not let up the pressure to protect our most fundamental rights.
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  • Bluesky · Jun 17, 2026 · 12:01 AM
    DACA is a vital program—a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, folks brought to the U.S. as children. As the program remains under attack from the Trump Administration, I’ll keep working to protect DACA and fix our broken immigration system to respect the dignity of each person.
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