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U.S. Senator, Oregon · Democrat

Jeff Merkley

283 statements indexed, set against 915 recorded votes.

915 recorded votes

  • Voted for25527.9%
  • Voted against65371.4%
  • Did not vote70.8%
99.2%
of the votes they could cast
283
statements indexed
11,579
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

Merkley 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 Chris Van Hollen more than anyone else. The two agreed 99 times out of 100.

Across the aisle they line up most with Susan M. Collins. They agreed 20 times out of 100.

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

First took office
January 6, 2009
Terms served
3 terms in the Senate
Current term
January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
Born
October 24, 1956

Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.

What They Spoke On

Resolutions of congressional disapproval dominate Merkley's indexed remarks at 19, more than twice the next heading. The One Big Beautiful Bill follows at nine, then two appropriations measures. The Laken Riley Act, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act and the anniversary of January 6 account for smaller groups.

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

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

All 283 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, Jeff Merkley voted on 835 and was with the Democrat majority on 831 of them.

835 party line votes cast

  • With their party83199.5%
  • Against their party40.5%

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 Jeff Merkley as speaking in 318 items of business across 102 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 Jeff Merkley. 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 Oregon seat in this chamber is held by Ron Wyden.

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