Christopher Murphy

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

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)

Bill	Motion / question	Position	Chamber · stage · roll	Date	Outcome	Source
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-6	Jan 8, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-6 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or…	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-5	Jan 8, 2026	Motion to Discharge Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-5 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 86 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 2026-4	Jan 7, 2026	Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-4 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-3	Jan 6, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-3 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-2	Jan 6, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-2 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2026-1	Jan 5, 2026	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-2-1 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-659	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-659 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-658	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-658 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-657	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-657 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-656	Dec 18, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-656 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-655	Dec 18, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-655 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 82 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United…	On the Joint Resolution	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-654	Dec 18, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-654 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-641	Dec 10, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-641 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-653	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-653 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-652	Dec 17, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-652 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-651	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-651 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-650	Dec 17, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-650 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-649	Dec 17, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-649 US-GOV-PD
S 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026	On the Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-648	Dec 17, 2025	Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-648 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-647	Dec 15, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-647 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-646	Dec 11, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-646 US-GOV-PD
SRES 532 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-645	Dec 11, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-645 US-GOV-PD
	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-642	Dec 10, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-642 US-GOV-PD
S 3385 Lower Health Care Costs Act	On the Cloture Motion	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-644	Dec 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-644 US-GOV-PD
S 3386 Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-643	Dec 11, 2025	Cloture Motion Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-643 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 cycle · official FEC aggregate

Period Jan 1, 2019–Dec 31, 2024 · as of Dec 31, 2024 · coverage: official aggregate · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Receipts	Spending	Cash	Debt	Refunds	Self-funding	Net receipts
$15,318,771	$14,576,713	$5,526,775	$0	$208,999	—	$15,109,772

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 4, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 10:33 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$4,582,198	$0	$4,582,198

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$117,500	CONNECTICUT SENATE VICTORY 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Oct 16, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$44,401	PA-CT SENATE VICTORY	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 25, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$39,771	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jan 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$38,705	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Apr 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$34,175	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Oct 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$34,100	CHRIS MURPHY VICTORY FUND	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Party	Mar 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$32,754	BLUE SENATE 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$32,513	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$27,205	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$22,700	MAJORITY 2024	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 27, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$21,178	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Sep 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$20,169	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Aug 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$19,448	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jul 31, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$18,505	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Nov 29, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$18,408	JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC	FRIENDS OF CHRIS MURPHY	Corporate PAC	Jun 30, 2024	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.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are not campaign contributions and are shown separately by support or opposition.

Cycle	Position	Itemized spending loaded	Period / as of	Coverage	Source
2024	Support	$170 (5 records)	Feb 16, 2024–Oct 30, 2024 · as of Oct 30, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD