Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR

Democratic Oregon since Jan 3, 2021

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Topics in their record

Topics found in sponsored legislation and separately sourced statements. Legislative activity on a topic is not presented as a policy stance. AI-derived tags

Environment & Energy 5 Banking & Finance 4 Education 4 Foreign Policy & Trade 3 Economy & Taxes 2 Healthcare 2 Housing 2 Labor & Employment 2 Defense & Military 1 Elections & Voting 1 Government Operations & Budget 1 Social Services & Welfare 1 Technology & Privacy 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR current Oregon	Democratic	Jan 3, 2021	Jan 3, 2027	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2009	Jan 1, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR Oregon	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), OR Oregon	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2015	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2015	Jan 3, 2021	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Oregon United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 2009	Jan 3, 2015	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on the Budget — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Joint Committee on Printing unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 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 — Energy and Water Development 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 Environment and Public Works unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — Transportation and Infrastructure unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — Africa and Global Health Policy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations — East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy 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 Rules and Administration unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.454, social dim. -0.714. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
SRES 412 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-540	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-540 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-539	Oct 1, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-539 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-538	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-538 US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans…	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-537	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-537 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-535	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-535 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-528	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-528 US-GOV-PD
S 2882 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-536	Oct 1, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-536 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-534	Sep 30, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-534 US-GOV-PD
	On Passage of the Bill	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-527	Sep 19, 2025	Bill Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-527 US-GOV-PD
S 2806 Eliminate Shutdowns Act	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-533	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-533 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-532	Sep 29, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-532 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-531	Sep 29, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-531 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-530	Sep 19, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-530 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-529	Sep 19, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-529 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-526	Sep 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-526 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-525	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-525 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Decision of the Chair	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-524	Sep 17, 2025	Decision of Chair Not Sustained	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-524 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Motion to Reconsider	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-523	Sep 17, 2025	Motion to Reconsider Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-523 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-522	Sep 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-522 US-GOV-PD
SCONRES 22 A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for…	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-521	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-521 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 60 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-520	Sep 16, 2025	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-520 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-519	Sep 15, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-519 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-518	Sep 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-518 US-GOV-PD
SRES 377 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-517	Sep 15, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-517 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-516	Sep 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-516 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Oct 17, 2022–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 11:43 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$1,123,484	$0	$1,123,484

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$48,243	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	May 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$47,158	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jan 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$37,000	PROGRESS FOR OREGON	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 9, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$32,355	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$32,272	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$30,000	PROGRESS FOR OREGON	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 19, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$24,540	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$22,173	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Dec 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$21,493	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$20,180	FIDELITY INVESTMENTS	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$15,439	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Sep 1, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$15,349	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Nov 1, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$14,862	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Jun 1, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$14,818	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Aug 1, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$14,620	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON	Corporate PAC	Oct 2, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest loaded receipts, not a complete total. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.