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U.S. Senator, Massachusetts · Democrat

Edward J. Markey

109 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for23926.1%
  • Voted against66973.1%
  • Did not vote70.8%
99.2%
of the votes they could cast
109
statements indexed
4,457
words on the floor

Turned up for 99.2% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the Senate, which is 97.9%.

In plain English

Markey voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the Senate, which is 98.

They vote the same way as Elizabeth Warren more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 18 times out of 100.

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

First took office
July 16, 2013
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Previously
20 terms in the House
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
Born
July 11, 1946

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Resolutions of congressional disapproval lead Markey's indexed remarks at nine. Five fall under a heading on the Republican administration and four under terminating a declared national emergency. Border security and a children's online privacy bill follow at three 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

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

All 109 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, Edward J. Markey voted on 836 and was with the Democrat majority on 834 of them.

836 party line votes cast

  • With their party83499.8%
  • 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 Edward J. Markey as speaking in 152 items of business across 68 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 Edward J. Markey. 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 Massachusetts seat in this chamber is held by Elizabeth Warren.

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