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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

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
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Warner Amdt. No. 130 Yea Feb 20, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 473 Yea Feb 20, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Klobuchar Amdt. No. 494 Yea Feb 20, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 454 Yea Feb 20, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Nay Feb 20, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kashyap Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Nay Feb 20, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration Nay Feb 19, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 7 — An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting… Nay Feb 18, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce Nay Feb 18, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider the nomination of Kashyap Patel Nay Feb 18, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kelly Loeffler to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration Nay Feb 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Howard Lutnick to be Secretary of Commerce Nay Feb 13, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brooke Rollins, of TX, to be Secretary of Agriculture Nay Feb 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Nay Feb 13, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to be Secretary of Health and Human Services Nay Feb 12, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Tulsi Gabbard, of HI, to be Director of National Intelligence Nay Feb 12, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tulsi Gabbard to be Director of National Intelligence Nay Feb 10, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Kelly Loeffler Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Brooke Rollins Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Howard Lutnick Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to consider the Nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Nay Feb 6, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to 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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