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
Confirmation: Abigail Slater, of D.C., to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 11, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Abigail Slater to be an Assistant Attorney General	Nay	Mar 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Bradbury, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation	Nay	Mar 11, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Steven Bradbury to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation	Nay	Mar 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor	Nay	Mar 10, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 331 — HALT Fentanyl Act	Nay	Mar 6, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary of Labor	Nay	Mar 6, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Troy Edgar, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	Nay	Mar 6, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Troy Edgar to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	Nay	Mar 6, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 28 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants…	Nay	Mar 5, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General	Nay	Mar 5, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General	Nay	Mar 5, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 28 — A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants…	Nay	Mar 4, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 3 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Mar 4, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 3 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Mar 4, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 9 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025	Nay	Mar 3, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Linda McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education	Nay	Mar 3, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Linda McMahon to be Secretary of Education	Nay	Feb 27, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental…	Nay	Feb 27, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 12 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Feb 26, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 10 — A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.	Yea	Feb 26, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Jamieson Greer, of Maryland, to be U.S. Trade Representative	Nay	Feb 26, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Linda McMahon	Nay	Feb 25, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 11 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Feb 25, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 11 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the…	Nay	Feb 25, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	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.