Patty Murray

U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA

Democratic Washington since Jan 3, 2023

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

Abortion & Reproductive Rights 1 Healthcare 1 Labor & Employment 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA current Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2023	Jan 3, 2029	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington current United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 1993	Dec 31, 2030	openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2011	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2005	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 3), WA Washington	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1999	unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 3, 2017	Jan 3, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 2011	Jan 3, 2017	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 4, 2005	Jan 3, 2011	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 6, 1999	Jan 3, 2005	openstates/people CC0-1.0
US Senate District Washington United States	Democratic	Jan 5, 1993	Jan 3, 1999	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Senate Committee on Appropriations — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Energy and Water Development — Ranking Member unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Defense unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Homeland Security unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies — Ex Officio 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 — Financial Services and General Government — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Legislative Branch — Ex Officio unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Appropriations — State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs — Ex Officio 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions — Education and the American Family 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
Senate Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.357, social dim. -0.312. 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 Amendment	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-565	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-565 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-564	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-564 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-563	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-563 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Amendment	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-562	Oct 9, 2025	Amendment Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-562 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-561	Oct 9, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-561 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 106 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-560	Oct 9, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-560 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-559	Oct 9, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-559 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 2025-558	Oct 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-558 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-551	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-551 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-545	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-545 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-543	Oct 3, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-543 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 2025-557	Oct 9, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-557 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-550	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-550 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-544	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-544 US-GOV-PD
	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-542	Oct 3, 2025	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-542 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 105 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-556	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-556 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-553	Oct 8, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-553 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 83 A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities that have…	On the Motion to Discharge	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-555	Oct 8, 2025	Motion to Discharge Rejected	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-555 US-GOV-PD
SJRES 71 A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared with respect to energy.	On the Joint Resolution	Yea	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-554	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Defeated	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-554 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-552	Oct 8, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-552 US-GOV-PD
HJRES 104 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule…	On the Joint Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-549	Oct 8, 2025	Joint Resolution Passed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-549 US-GOV-PD
	On the Motion to Proceed	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-548	Oct 7, 2025	Motion to Proceed Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-548 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Nomination	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-547	Oct 7, 2025	Nomination Confirmed	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-547 US-GOV-PD
Unlinked roll call	On the Cloture Motion	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-546	Oct 6, 2025	Cloture Motion Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-546 US-GOV-PD
SRES 412 An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain…	On the Resolution	Nay	senate · stage not recorded · roll 2025-541	Oct 3, 2025	Resolution Agreed to	U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes s119-1-541 US-GOV-PD

Campaign finance

2024 · Itemized receipts loaded

Period Jan 6, 2023–Dec 31, 2024 · verified Jun 21, 2026 · 11:18 AM · coverage: itemized partial · FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Gross receipts loaded	Refunds/reversals loaded	Net receipts loaded
$1,200,734	$0	$1,200,734

Largest itemized receipts

Cycle	Amount	Donor	To committee	Type	Date	Coverage	Source
2024	$20,000	SENATE VICTORY 2023	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Sep 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$13,508	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jul 8, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$11,729	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Apr 8, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$10,901	SENATE VICTORY 2023 - UNITEMIZED	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Party	Sep 30, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,924	MVAR MEDIA LLC	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Jul 20, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$7,803	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jan 4, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$7,754	SCREEN STRATEGIES MEDIA	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Jun 15, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$6,900	NAMES IN THE NEWS	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	unclassified	Oct 3, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
2024	$5,000	COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Mar 31, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ORGANON & CO. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC)	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 11, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Nov 13, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARAPAC)	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 24, 2024	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Dec 29, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
2024	$5,000	ORACLE AMERICA INC PAC	PEOPLE FOR PATTY MURRAY	Corporate PAC	Oct 24, 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	$4,520 (2 records)	Apr 26, 2023–Apr 26, 2023 · as of Apr 26, 2023	itemized partial	FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD