Edward J. Markey — GovTally

Issue areas

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

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

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
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

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media 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 — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Tulsi Gabbard	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 Table the Motion to Reconsider Re: Vought Nomination	Nay	Feb 6, 2025	Motion to Table Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Feb 6, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Feb 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Eric Turner, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Nay	Feb 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Eric Turner to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Nay	Feb 4, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Pamela Bondi, of Florida, to be Attorney General	Nay	Feb 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Feb 4, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Pamela Bondi to be Attorney General	Nay	Feb 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher Wright, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy	Nay	Feb 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Russell Vought	Nay	Feb 3, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Jan 30, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher Wright to be Secretary of Energy	Nay	Jan 30, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Douglas Burgum, of N.D., to be Secretary of the Interior	Nay	Jan 30, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior	Nay	Jan 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lee Zeldin, of N.Y., to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jan 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lee Zeldin to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Nay	Jan 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 23 — Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act	Nay	Jan 28, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Sean Duffy, of WI, to be Secretary of Transportation	Nay	Jan 28, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Sean Duffy to be Secretary of Transportation	Yea	Jan 27, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Scott Bessent, of S.C., to be Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jan 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Scott Bessent to be Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Jan 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Homeland Security	Nay	Jan 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security	Nay	Jan 24, 2025	Cloture Motion 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 type	Contributions	Total	Share
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

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$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.