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: Daniel Driscoll, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of the Army	Nay	Feb 25, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jamieson Greer to be United States Trade Representative	Nay	Feb 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Daniel Driscoll to be Secretary of the Army	Nay	Feb 24, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	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 21, 2025	Concurrent Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 1207	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lee Amdt. No. 922	Nay	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lujan Amdt. No. 957	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Blumenthal Amdt. No. 659	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 971	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lujan Amdt. No. 699	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Shaheen Amdt. No. 436	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Van Hollen Amdt. No. 233	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Slotkin Amdt. No. 664	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt No. 999	Nay	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Reed Amdt. No. 299	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Reed Amdt. No. 172	Yea	Feb 21, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Baldwin Amdt. No. 276	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Wyden Amdt. No. 1156	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ossoff Amdt. No. 407	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Schumer Amdt. No. 776	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sullivan Amdt. No. 1029	Nay	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Schiff Amdt. No. 316	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Bennet Amdt. No. 540	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 925	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Murray Amdt. No. 878	Yea	Feb 20, 2025	Amendment Rejected	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.