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U.S. Senator from Oregon
Born
October 24, 1956
Age 69
Phone
(202) 224-3753
Office
531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20510
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Oregon

Jeff Merkley

Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland, Oregon; he was the speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the last two years of his tenure.

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Voting Record — 783
Yes26%
No73%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align96%
Cross-party0%
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Senate District (Statewide)

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Jeff Merkley
U.S. SenatorDemocratOregon
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Jeff's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 93 sponsored · 411 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govNov 5(source)
Trump is ending clean energy and opening pristine wilderness to drilling. He's killing the planet and raising prices for YOUR family to line the pockets of fossil fuel oligarchs. Climate chaos is the challenge of our time. If we don't move swiftly to renewables, we're cooked.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govNov 5(source)
Health care costs are skyrocketing for 20 million Americans. House Republicans can’t even be bothered to come to work. Republicans need to come to the negotiating table and help fix the health care crisis THEY CREATED.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govNov 3(source)
In Oregon, over 750,000 people depend on SNAP benefits—210,000 of them are children. Trump is using food as a weapon against vulnerable families. I went to the Senate floor to demand full SNAP benefits be released. Republicans blocked me.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govNov 3(source)
Trump is hell-bent on carrying out unconstitutional and unlawful strikes on Venezuela that are dangerously escalating tensions. Maduro is a brutal dictator, but that does not give Trump a blank check to pursue regime change.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govOct 31(source)
Trump is defying the law and every moral code, using food as a weapon to harm vulnerable families, including children and seniors, across the country who count on SNAP. No other President would hurt American families in this way. Unbelievably wrong on every level.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govOct 31(source)
This is a huge blow for independent reporting on China—Radio Free Asia is a vital news source. Xi must be celebrating Trump’s America abandoning its commitment to press freedom around the world. Just another way Trump is bending to China. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Radio Free Asia will stop publishing amid funding crisis spurred by Trump
The government-funded nonprofit, a staple of U.S. soft power in the region since 1996, is facing nearly total closure after being targeted by the administration and hit by the shutdown.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govOct 30(source)
Not only is the National Guard not wanted or needed in Portland—Trump’s troop deployments to cities across the country are also wasting MILLIONS of dollars. I’m demanding answers about how much taxpayer money Trump is wasting to tighten his authoritarian grip.
Merkley demands cost estimate for Trump’s National Guard deployments
Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker join Merkley in questioning military deployments that lack state requests or declared emergencies.
Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govOct 29(source)
The Republican war on child nutrition continues. They cut $186 BILLION from SNAP in the Big, Beautiful, Betrayal. Now, Trump is withholding SNAP funding, even though USDA’s OWN GUIDANCE (which they’ve now deleted) said they have funding!
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Voting History
783 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
2025-08-01—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-43)
2025-08-01—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-44)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Agreed to (81-15)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Final passageYESYES✓Bill Passed (87-9, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Agreed to (87-9, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONO✓Amendment Rejected (21-75)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONO✓Amendment Rejected (15-81)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONO✓Amendment Rejected (14-81)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (45-50)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (42-53)
2025-08-01H.R. 3944 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYES✓Amendment Rejected (44-51)
2025-08-01—Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114)YESYES✓Motion Rejected (44-51, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-08-01—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-08-01—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-08-01—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (55-41)
2025-07-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-07-31—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-44)
2025-07-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-31—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-31—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-07-31—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-41)
2025-07-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (59-38)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 34 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 34YESYES✓Motion to Discharge Rejected (24-73)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 41 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41YESYES✓Motion to Discharge Rejected (27-70)
2025-07-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-07-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-30—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-07-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (50-49)
2025-07-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (54-44)
2025-07-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-07-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-07-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-47)
2025-07-29—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (50-47)
2025-07-28—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-07-28—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (50-39)
2025-07-28—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-07-24—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-48)
2025-07-24—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-24—End debateNONO✓Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-07-24—Confirm nomineeNONO✓Nomination Confirmed (52-46)

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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