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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
SJRES 138 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Yea Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 32 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain… Yea Apr 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 123 — 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 15, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Christopher R. Wolfe, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Christopher R. Wolfe to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Thomas Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Nay Apr 14, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Nay Apr 13, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 26, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture on Husted Amdt. No. 4732 Nay Mar 26, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 103 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Mar 25, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 25, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 107 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea Mar 25, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 116 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Yea Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to proceed to Legislative session Nay Mar 24, 2026 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Colin McDonald, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 24, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colin McDonald to be an Assistant Attorney General Nay Mar 23, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Markwayne Mullin, of Oklahoma, to be Secretary of Homeland Security Nay Mar 23, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security Nay Mar 22, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Yea Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Tuberville Amdt. No. 4421 to the Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1383 with Amendment Nay Mar 21, 2026 Cloture Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. Nay Mar 20, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 118 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that… Yea Mar 18, 2026 Motion to Discharge Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1383 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025 Nay Mar 17, 2026 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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