Federal laws prohibit ANY president from telling schools & colleges what to teach. Parents want local schools to have the funding they need so their kids can get a great education—they DON'T want Trump & Elon to impose their deranged culture war onto our kids. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Washington
Patty Murray
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Voting Record — 789
Yes23%
No70%
Present0%
Not Voting6%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Patty Murray
U.S. SenatorDemocratWashington
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Patty's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 35 sponsored · 165 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
These mass firings will set our country back but we are not powerless. We can all stand up for a government that works for middle-class families & working people—not just billionaires who will never need to call about their Social Security or file a disability claim at VA. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump is attacking the Affordable Care Act again. This outright health care sabotage will make it harder for people to find and sign up for the affordable coverage they need.
This fact-free, anti-vaccine policy from Trump is straight-out pro-sickness—telling every school in America to pick between funding to keep teachers on the job and keeping students safe. NO WAY!
This former Shoreline school board member is NOT sitting by quietly. SPEAK OUT!
Trump orders end in federal funding for any schools that require Covid vaccines
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Trump is laying off hundreds @bonnevillepower.bsky.social who literally keep the lights on. We're talking about electricians & engineers, to dispatchers, to lineworkers, to cybersecurity experts.
Ratepayers support BPA—NOT federal funding. This is putting our energy grid at serious risk!
Trump is indiscriminately firing workers at the Hanford NUCLEAR cleanup site.
For Elon & DOGE who have NO CONCEPT of what these workers do: trying to run Hanford with a skeleton crew is a recipe for DISASTER that could have irreversible impacts.
I'm hearing that right now, Trump is firing researchers at VA.
Trump & Elon need to reverse course on this IMMEDIATELY—this across-the-board firing threatens to decimate so much of the lifesaving research our veterans depend on: suicide prevention, burn pit exposure, and more.
Farmers are on the verge of bankruptcy because Trump & Elon are illegally blocking federal investments that are LAW.
Trump is threatening a massive trade war that would crush farmers.
Brooke Rollins will not stand up to Trump's illegal power grab—I voted NO.
Musk and his DOGE staffers have already been given access to student's personal data—& it has potential to be abused.
I asked Linda McMahon, Trump's Ed Secretary nominee, if she will stand up to the lawlessness we've seen & protect students' private information. Watch.
Our Education Secretary needs to be focused on helping students learn and following the law—not just taking orders from Elon Musk.
I pressed Trump's nominee, Linda McMahon, on if she'll follow the law or if she believes Elon Musk should just decide how much funding our public schools get.
The Every Student Succeeds Act is one of the main K-12 laws to help states improve schools for our kids.
It is stunning to me that Linda McMahon wants to lead the Department of Education but couldn’t name EVEN ONE part of this basic federal education law she would focus on.
It’s disqualifying.
I tried to pass an amendment in the Budget Committee to reverse Trump’s illegal & arbitrary NIH cuts. We’re talking a MASSIVE cut that will end lifesaving cancer research & more.
No Republican spoke against it during debate (I wonder why), but every Republican voted NO.
Senate Republicans just confirmed RFK Jr. to lead HHS & put YOUR family's health care at risk.
An anti-vax conspiracist who knows nothing about essential programs people rely on just became the most powerful health official.
I’m sure most Senators understand the danger in confirming RFK Jr.
But here's the thing: conscience is a muscle. Courage is a muscle. The less you use them, the more they fade away.
If you do not draw a line somewhere, you will cross every line you could ever imagine.
RFK Jr. is a threat to our nation's public health and lifesaving research. I will vote NO on his nomination to lead HHS.
Tonight, I tried to pass an amendment to have a nonpartisan watchdog, GAO, conduct a basic review and audit of DOGE. Everyone should be for more transparency but every Republican in our committee markup voted NO. What are they scared of finding out?
We cannot take RFK Jr. at his word—something he has changed and gone back and forth on time and again. But we can take him at his record—which is that he has consistently undermined vaccine confidence, and even profited from it.
RFK Jr. has made clear since he was nominated that he'll do whatever Trump and anti-abortion extremists want—he'll do whatever it takes to implement their anti-choice agenda which includes ripping away access to safe medication abortion in every state in America.
Senate Republicans are on the verge of confirming RFK Jr. as our nation's highest health official—a man who has spent considerable time & money undermining the basic fact that vaccines are safe, effective, & lifesaving. The threat of what he could do in this role is not theoretical.
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Voting History789 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
789 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-08 | H.J. Res. 60 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (50-43) |
| 2025-05-08 | S.J. Res. 7 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (50-38) |
| 2025-05-07 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-47) |
| 2025-05-06 | H.J. Res. 60 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47) |
| 2025-05-06 | S.J. Res. 7 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-47) |
| 2025-05-06 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-47) |
| 2025-05-06 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-05-06 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (55-45) |
| 2025-05-05 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Begin consideration | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43) |
| 2025-05-01 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
| 2025-05-01 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-05-01 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-45) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Joint Resolution Defeated (49-49) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-30 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | H.J. Res. 42 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-46) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | YES | ✕ | Nomination Confirmed (83-14) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | YES | ✕ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (84-13) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (62-36) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-39) |
| 2025-04-29 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (67-29) |
| 2025-04-28 | — | End debate | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Cloture Motion Agreed to (64-27) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-25) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (59-26) |
| 2025-04-11 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-25) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (50-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46) |
| 2025-04-10 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (53-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | H.J. Res. 20 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-42) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (52-44) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (51-45) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (49-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (60-37) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (53-46) |
| 2025-04-09 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-42) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-37) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (66-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (67-32) |
| 2025-04-08 | — | Confirm nominee | NO | NO | ✓ | Nomination Confirmed (54-45) |
| 2025-04-07 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-39) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Vote on amendment | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Amendment Rejected (48-51) |
| 2025-04-05 | H. Con. Res. 14 (119th) | Accept House changes | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Concurrent Resolution Agreed to (51-48) |
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.