Christopher Murphy

Issue areas

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

Social Services & Welfare 2 Government Operations & Budget 1 Healthcare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 1), CT current Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 3, 2025	Jan 3, 2031	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), CT Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019	Jan 3, 2025	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), CT Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 3, 2013	Jan 3, 2019	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CT-5 Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2013	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CT-5 Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, CT-5 Connecticut	Democratic	Jan 4, 2007	Jan 3, 2009	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Europe and Regional Security Cooperation — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues 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 — Employment and Workplace Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Primary Health and Retirement Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.289, social dim. -0.259. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SJRES 33 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain…	Yea	Apr 3, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Dean Sauer, of Missouri, to be Solicitor General of the United States	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 3, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy…	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 37 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harmeet Dhillon to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Dean Sauer to be Solicitor General of the United States	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Whitaker, of Iowa, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty…	Nay	Apr 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Whitaker, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization	Nay	Mar 31, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Paul Lawrence, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Paul Lawrence to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very…	Nay	Mar 27, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 18 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very…	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Michael Faulkender, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Michael Faulkender to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Reitz to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: James Bishop, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Mar 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: James Bishop to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Martin Makary to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jayanta Bhattacharya, of California, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health	Nay	Mar 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,005 recorded contributions totalling $4,582,368. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 590 of 1005 classified so far.

Funding type	Contributions	Total	Share
Big donor	555	$2,234,154	49%
Corporate PAC	28	$672,786	15%
Party	2	$44,800	1%
Super PAC	5	$170	0%
Unclassified	415	$1,630,459	36%

Largest contributions

Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Source
$117,500	CONNECTICUT SENATE VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Oct 16, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$44,401	PA-CT SENATE VICTORY	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 25, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$39,771	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jan 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$38,705	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Apr 30, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,175	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$34,100	CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Party	Mar 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,754	BLUE SENATE 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$32,513	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$27,205	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$22,700	MAJORITY 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$21,178	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$20,169	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$19,448	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$18,505	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Nov 29, 2024	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$18,408	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 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.