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Edward J. Markey

U.S. Senator (Class 2), MA

Democratic Massachusetts 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

Technology & Privacy 3Civil Rights & Liberties 2Environment & Energy 2Healthcare 2Labor & Employment 2Social Services & Welfare 2Agriculture 1Defense & Military 1Education 1Government Operations & Budget 1Housing 1Immigration 1

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MA current
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MA
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), MA
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jul 16, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-5
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jul 15, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 5, 1993 Jan 3, 1995 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 1991 Jan 3, 1993 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 1989 Jan 3, 1991 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 6, 1987 Jan 3, 1989 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 1985 Jan 3, 1987 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 5, 1981 Jan 3, 1983 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 15, 1979 Jan 3, 1981 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 4, 1977 Jan 3, 1979 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MA-7
Massachusetts
 Democratic Jan 14, 1975 Jan 3, 1977 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.517, social dim. -0.470. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 Yea Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Peters Amdt. No. 5763 Yea Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hirono Amdt. No. 5506 Yea Jun 5, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Durbin Amdt. No. 5806 Yea Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Budgetary Discipline Re: Lee Amdt. No. 5804 Nay Jun 5, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Booker Amdt. No. 5803 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin Amdt. No. 5485 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Sanders Amdt. No. 5451 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kim Amdt. No. 5545 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 5501 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Graham Amdt. No. 5779 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Warner Amdt. No. 5556 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hassan Amdt. No. 5535 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed Amdt. No. 5514 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 5512 Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Tillis Amdt. No. 5452 Nay Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Yea Jun 4, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2 — Secure America Act Nay Jun 3, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 188 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Jun 3, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jeffrey M. Kuhlman, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Nay Jun 2, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jeffrey M. Kuhlman to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas Nay Jun 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kathleen S. Lane, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Nay Jun 2, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,002 recorded contributions totalling $2,068,342. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 218 of 1002 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 196 $597,395 29%
Party 9 $334,280 16%
Corporate PAC 11 $222,751 11%
Super PAC 2 $42,026 2%
Unclassified 784 $871,889 42%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$108,406 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$99,670 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$93,334 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$77,270 JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$51,054 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE unclassified Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$41,141 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,560 — 1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND Super PAC Oct 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$25,192 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,095 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$17,322 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Nov 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,662 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Oct 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$10,628 MARKEY VICTORY FUND THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Party Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$9,466 — 1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND Super PAC Oct 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 DONOHUE, JOHN THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Big donor May 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,811 THE ROYAL SONESTA CAPITOL HILL THE MARKEY COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 13, 2024 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 (12 as lead sponsor)

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