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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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Jeff Merkley

U.S. SenatorDemocratOregon

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Jeff's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 93 sponsored · 411 cosponsored

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Reposted bySenator Jeff Merkley

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govSep 11(source)

🚨@merkley.senate.gov and I just released our report detailing how the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The U.S. is complicit and the world must stop it. Read it in full here: www.vanhollen.senate.gov/download/van...

Van Hollen, Merkley Report Following
2025 CODEL to Gaza Border, Israel,
West Bank, Jordan, and Egypt

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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govSep 11(source)

Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East. Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:

Van Hollen, Merkley Release Report Detailing Findings on Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 11(source)

We will never be able to repay our debt to the firefighters and first responders who ran toward danger on September 11, 2001. Today, we reflect on those we lost that day and in the 24 years since and grieve with all those feeling the deep pain of loss.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 10(source)

The Trump family raked in $5,000,000,000 from its crypto con last week. This is CORRUPTION on full display—and it’s why I wrote the End Crypto Corruption Act. NO WAY should elected officials and their families be profiting from crypto schemes.

How Trump's latest crypto launch enriches his family

The president and his sons made $5 billion on paper as their cryptocurrency started trading — highlighting the extraordinary degree to which they are personally profiting from Trump's return to the Ov...

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 9(source)

Mail-in voting is safe, simple, and popular—1 in 3 voters cast their ballot by mail. In the face of Trump’s attacks on our freedom to vote, I will continue fighting to protect and expand access to voting by mail!

Trump wants to eliminate mail-in voting. But 1 in 3 voters use it

More Americans are using mail-in voting, and experts say the practice is secure. Here's what the data shows.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 9(source)

Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment is a grave injustice. The U.S. must do all it can to secure his release, and I will continue standing with all those fighting for their fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong. Free Jimmy Lai!

Opinion | Free Jimmy Lai before he dies in prison

President Trump should push for the release of a democratic hero.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 9(source)

MAGA extremists on the Supreme Court sided with wannabe-dictator Trump to trample on our Constitutional freedoms. This is a dangerous and shameful decision that pushes us further into an authoritarian strongman state.

US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids

The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with raids in Southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 8(source)

Release the Epstein Files. NOW.

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Senate Budget Committee@senatebudget.bsky.socialSep 8(source)

Trump’s personal wealth has grown by over $3 BILLION since entering public office—even as he’s cut health care and food assistance for millions of families. While rural hospitals close and kids go hungry, Trump is using the Presidency to enrich himself.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 8(source)

Voting by mail is convenient, secure, and helps counter attempts to corrupt Election Day—like understaffing voting centers in certain precincts—designed to obstruct voting in targeted communities. Trump’s plan to kill vote by mail is a power grab, plain and simple. HELL NO!

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 8(source)

@wyden.senate.gov, @repdexteror.bsky.social, and I have a message for Trump and MAGA extremists trying to end vote by mail: HELL NO!

Senator Merkley speaking at a press conference about protecting mail-in voting.

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Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.govSep 5(source)

Why stop there? Let’s rename all Depts after what Trump is inflicting on America. Dept of HHS -> Dept of Hepatitis and Human Suffering Dept of VA -> Dept of Veteran Abandonment Dept of Education -> Dept of Erasure of History Dept of Commerce -> Dept of Corruption Just a start.

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JUST IN: President Trump will rename the Defense Department the Department of War, the White House confirmed

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 5(source)

Wright is Wrong. Climate change denier Chris Wright knows science is not on his side, so he’s taking a page out of Big Tobacco’s book: handpick phony researchers and cherry-pick data....all to fit Trump’s planet-killing agenda. Sloppy and destructive.

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 4(source)

Republicans in Congress passed a Big, Ugly BETRAYAL that rolls out the red carpet for the privileged and powerful and rolls in the red tape for everyone else. I was in Eugene to talk about the impacts for Oregonians.

Merkley, Wyden, Hoyle visit Eugene to talk Medicaid cuts

The three members of Oregon’s congressional delegation heard about how federal cuts will affect Oregon healthcare providers.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 4(source)

Powerful men abused and exploited underage girls, and the Trump Administration is trying to cover it up. We need to pass @lujan.senate.gov’s and my Epstein Files Transparency Act NOW to release the files!

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Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.govSep 3(source)

A new name is not going to fix ripping health care away from 15 MILLION people to fund tax breaks for billionaires and billionaire corporations.

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Senate Budget Committee@senatebudget.bsky.socialSep 3(source)

What's on brand is Trump thinking a shiny, new name will make Americans forget that Republicans cut health care for 15 million people. No matter what they call it, Trump and Republicans betrayed working families. And that can't be rebranded. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump aides push a megabill rebrand as some House Republicans bristle

“There seemed to be some recognition that we’re in trouble,” said a House Republican.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 3(source)

Hint for Republicans: the name isn’t the issue. It’s the fact that you’re selling Americans out—kicking 15+ million people off their health care, jacking up the cost of utility bills, and taking food off of the plates of hungry kids. That’s the issue.

Trump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 2(source)

Everyone agrees that trucks are far more affordable and efficient in delivering food and medicine. But Israel has placed so many obstacles on the delivery of aid by trucks, Jordan is using airdrops to help address the starvation. We need many more trucks entering Gaza — and we need them NOW.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govSep 2(source)

@vanhollen.senate.gov and I visited an airfield in Jordan, where we learned about efforts to get badly needed food into Gaza through airdrops.

Senator Chris Van Hollen

@vanhollen.senate.gov

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Netanyahu is restricting aid trucks into Gaza—the best way to get food to starving people there—so Jordan is delivering some with air drops. The Jordanians said @merkley.senate.gov & I could join one of those flights to see the devastation, but Israel denied authorization for our scheduled flight.

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Sponsored Bills(93)

S. Res. 709 (119th)
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to be observed from Ma…
S. 4325 (119th)
A bill to establish a task force to address the impacts of the chemical 6PPD and its byprodu…
S.J. Res. 163 (119th)
A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities with…
S. Res. 666 (119th)
A resolution designating the first week of April as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
S. 4222 (119th)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an end date for the credit …

Cosponsored Bills(411)

S. 4540 (119th)
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individ…
Joined: 2026-05-14
S. 4543 (119th)
A bill to create dedicated funds to conserve butterflies in North America, plants in the Pac…
Joined: 2026-05-14
S. 4545 (119th)
A bill to amend the America COMPETES Act to establish certain scientific integrity policies …
Joined: 2026-05-14
S. 4518 (119th)
A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the Richard B. Russell National School L…
Joined: 2026-05-13
S. Res. 728 (119th)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should prioritize securin…
Joined: 2026-05-13

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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.

Date	Bill	Question	Position	Party Maj	Align?	Result
2025-06-03	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-06-02	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-22	H.J. Res. 89 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (49-46)
2025-05-22	H.J. Res. 89 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-22	H.J. Res. 87 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (51-45)
2025-05-22	H.J. Res. 87 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-22	H.J. Res. 88 (119th)	Approve resolution	NOT_VOTING	NO	—	Joint Resolution Passed (51-44)
2025-05-21	H.J. Res. 88 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Point of Order S.J.Res. 55	NO	NO	✓	Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Point of Order S.J.Res. 55	NO	NO	✓	Point of Order Sustained (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Motion to Adjourn S.J.Res. 55	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Adjourn Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Ten Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (45-52)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Fifteen Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Thirty Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for 60 Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (45-51)
2025-05-21	—	Motion (Motion to Recess for Ninety Minutes)	YES	YES	✓	Motion Rejected (46-51)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Table Agreed to (51-46)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Table Failed (46-52)
2025-05-21	S.J. Res. 55 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46)
2025-05-21	S. 1582 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (69-31)
2025-05-19	S. 1582 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-32, 3/5 majority required)
2025-05-19	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-45)
2025-05-19	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-05-15	S. Res. 195 (119th)	Motion to Discharge S.Res. 195	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Discharge Rejected (45-50)
2025-05-15	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-43)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-05-14	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-05-14	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (54-40)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-05-13	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-05-13	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-05-12	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-05-12	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-05-12	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-05-08	S. 1582 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-49, 3/5 majority required)
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)

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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