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U.S. Senator, Connecticut · Democrat

Christopher Murphy

115 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for24526.8%
  • Voted against64570.5%
  • Did not vote252.7%
97.3%
of the votes they could cast
115
statements indexed
4,865
words on the floor

Turned up for 97.3% of the votes they could have cast, below the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Murphy voted 97 times out of every 100 they could. That is less than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Edward J. Markey more than anyone else. The two agreed 98 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 19 times out of 100.

The Record prints their remarks under 8 headings more than once. The list below names them.

First took office
January 3, 2013
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Previously
3 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2031
Born
August 3, 1973

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Homeland security appropriations lead Murphy's indexed remarks at six. Iran, resolutions of congressional disapproval and the War Powers Resolution follow at three each. Air Force One, the consolidated appropriations act and a resolution on Senate legal counsel account for two each.

The business the Congressional Record printed their remarks under, counted, with the chamber's own procedure left out. It is what was before the chamber, which is not always what the member was addressing.

What Was Said, and What Was Done

115 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Christopher Murphy’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.

All 115 statements, with a search →

Counted from the record

What Their Votes Add Up To

The Senate takes 54 votes of this kind this Congress against the House's 391: its floor time goes to cloture motions and nominations, where a yes does not mean pass the thing. There is not enough here to set out.

Voting With Their Party

On the 842 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Christopher Murphy voted on 819 and was with the Democrat majority on 817 of them.

819 party line votes cast

  • With their party81799.8%
  • Against their party20.2%

Votes Against Their Own Party

Who They Vote With

In Their Own Party

Of the votes both took part in.

Voting Across the Aisle

The record itself

Where the Words Are

The Congressional Record marks Christopher Murphy as speaking in 185 items of business across 72 sitting days of this Congress.

Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.

The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.

Every Recorded Vote

All 915 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Senate lists Christopher Murphy. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.

All 915 recorded votes, newest first →

Elsewhere in the Record

The other Connecticut seat in this chamber is held by Richard Blumenthal.

How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.