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At a Glance
Seat
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Born
July 11, 1946
Age 79
Phone
(202) 224-2742
Office
255 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Massachusetts

Edward J. Markey

Edward John Markey is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served 20 terms as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district from 1976 to 2013. Before that, he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. When Senator Patrick Leahy retired in 2023, Markey became the dean of New England's Congressional delegation.

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Voting Record — 789
Yes24%
No75%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align95%
Cross-party0%
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U.S. Census Bureau boundary data.
Edward J. Markey headshot
Edward J. Markey
U.S. SenatorDemocratMassachusetts
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Edward J.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 132 sponsored · 320 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Today marks 10 years since Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed marriage equality. But the fight isn’t over—extremists are coming for LGBTQ+ rights, state by state, court by court. We must protect love, dignity, and equality under the law.
The GOP’s mega-budget bill isn’t just cruel—it’s a giveaway to Wall Street at the expense of Main Street. Slashing Medicaid, education, and climate investments will gut local economies and small businesses across America. We need budgets that build, not break us.
Senate Democratic leaders stress small biz impact of GOP megabill
Senate Democrats urged Republican colleagues to rein back health care cuts impacting small businesses in their reconciliation package.
BY: 
KATHERINE HAPGOOD

 | 06/26/2025 01:42 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Small Business Chair Ed Markey said GOP health care and nutrition cuts would have an outsize impact on small businesses.Francis Chung/POLITICO
Republicans want to expand tax breaks for Big Oil’s false climate solution—carbon capture—to boost oil production by billions of barrels a year. More subsidies for Big Oil are bad for the environment and bad for the health and wallets of Americans.
Group of state officials calls on Congress to end tax credits for carbon sequestration
Joshua Haiar and Seth TupperSouth Dakota Searchlight
WRTA: Where Riders Take Action. The HEART of Massachusetts continues to lead the way with the longest running fare-free transit system in the nation. Congratulations to all the leaders and advocates who made this possible.
FARE FREE TRANSIT
Advocates celebrate six years of fare free busing for Worcester's WRTA
BY CAM JANDROW (https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/on-air/2019/12/02/cam-jandrow) WORCESTER
PUBLISHED 7:54 AM ET JUN. 25, 2025
At the same time that Republicans are working to kick 16 million people off of their health insurance, far-right justices have given states the green light to defund critical health providers like @ppfa.org, making it harder for people to get the health care they need. Shame.
Supreme Court clears way for states to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid
BY: 
ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN

, 
JOSH GERSTEIN

, 
LAUREN GARDNER

 | 06/26/2025 10:39 AM EDT | UPDATED 06/26/2025 11:23 AM EDT
Republicans' Big Ugly Boondoggle will slash health care by gutting Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. Small businesses will get hurt just to hand tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations. Republicans' Big Ugly Boondoggle is for Park Avenue, not Main Street.
This big number proves the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a loser for small biz, Mass. lawmaker says
Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 6:00 a.m.
Communities living near nuclear infrastructure must be involved in NRC decisions. The Trump administration wants to shut them out. Today, I reintroduced my NRC Office of Public Engagement and Participation Act to defend the public’s right to have a seat at the table.
Three years ago today, the first bipartisan gun safety agreement in decades was signed into law. But that breakthrough was only the first step toward a future free from the scourge of gun violence. Today, I reintroduced five commonsense bills to safeguard our communities.
Republicans are lighting $800 billion in Medicaid funding on fire and then trying to douse it with a $15 billion so-called rural hospitals fund. I don’t think so.
Picture of a blazing fire with a person throwing a small bucket of water onto it. The fire is labeled “$800B in Cuts.” The person with the bucket is labeled “$15B Rural Hospitals Fund”. 

Below is a picture of a little girl smiling mischievously in front of a house on fire. The little girl is labeled “Republicans”.
My Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act just passed through the Senate Commerce Committee. We are one step closer to finally protecting children and teens online. On to the full Senate.
Leaving Americans like Richard Schlueter without access to potentially life-saving cancer treatment is indefensible. The Trump administration must reinstate NIH funding and staff now.
 His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time.
How a metastatic cancer patient became collateral damage in federal workforce cuts.
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Voting History
789 total votes
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Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-03-25Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-03-25End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (73-25)
2025-03-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (60-31)
2025-03-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (62-30)
2025-03-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (63-32)
2025-03-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (64-33)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (54-46)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Rejected (27-73)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-52, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-53, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-53, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-14H.R. 1968 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-38, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-14S. 331 (119th)Final passageNOYESBill Passed (84-16)
2025-03-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-40)
2025-03-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-39)
2025-03-13Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-45)
2025-03-13S. 331 (119th)End debateNOYESCloture Motion Agreed to (84-15, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-13End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (54-45)
2025-03-13Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-43)
2025-03-13End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-03-12Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-03-12End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-03-12Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-03-12End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-03-11Confirm nomineeNOYESNomination Confirmed (78-19)
2025-03-11End debateNOYESCloture Motion Agreed to (76-20)
2025-03-11Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-03-11End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-03-10Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (67-32)
2025-03-06S. 331 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNOYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (82-12, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-06End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (66-30)
2025-03-06Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-43)
2025-03-06End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-43)
2025-03-05S.J. Res. 28 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (51-47)
2025-03-05Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-03-05End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-03-04S.J. Res. 28 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (50-47)
2025-03-04S.J. Res. 3 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (70-27)
2025-03-04S.J. Res. 3 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (70-28)
2025-03-03S. 9 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (51-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-03-03Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-02-27End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-47)
2025-02-27H.J. Res. 35 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (52-47)
2025-02-26S.J. Res. 12 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (52-47)
2025-02-26S.J. Res. 10 (119th)Approve resolutionYESYESJoint Resolution Defeated (47-52)
2025-02-26Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-43)
2025-02-25Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (51-47)
2025-02-25S.J. Res. 11 (119th)Approve resolutionNONOJoint Resolution Passed (54-44)
2025-02-25S.J. Res. 11 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-42)
2025-02-25Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (66-28)

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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