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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 — 825

Yes28%

No72%

Present0%

Not Voting1%

Party align96%

Cross-party0%

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Jeff Merkley

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Jeff's ATmosphere Activity

20 recent posts · 97 sponsored · 420 cosponsored

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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

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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.

Axios

@axios.com

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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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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govAug 29(source)

As the humanitarian disaster in Gaza continues, we cannot look away from rising Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. @merkley.senate.gov and I met families of Americans killed there and visited a town subjected to attacks. Illegal settlements and violence MUST end.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 29(source)

This move gets an “F.” Blocking international diplomats from participating in U.N. debates damages American leadership in the world and undermines the ability of the U.N. to serve as a forum for debating and addressing challenging world issues.

US revokes Palestinian officials' visas ahead of UN meeting, State Dept says

The U.S. is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, the State Department said on Friday.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 29(source)

HUGE win for public health in Oregon. I rallied with @wyden.senate.gov, @repvalhoyle.bsky.social, @oregonnursesassoc.bsky.social, and community members because we need to make sure patients have access to local, quality care when they need it.

Samaritan Health to keep labor and delivery after ONA-led campaign success

The Oregon Nurses Association announced a significant victory for healthcare services in Lebanon and Lincoln City.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govAug 28(source)

The message @merkley.senate.gov and I heard from the hostage families we met with in Tel Aviv was as simple as it was powerful: bring them home and end the war NOW. They told us that Netanyahu has prioritized his political survival over the lives of their loved ones.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govAug 29(source)

I visited Kerem Shalom, one of the two main crossings between Israel and Gaza, where @merkley.senate.gov and I pointed out that the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's delivery system is fatally flawed. People are starving. The Netanyahu government must let more food into Gaza NOW.

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Senate Budget Committee@senatebudget.bsky.socialAug 29(source)

🚨Merkley Blasts Trump Administration for Invoking Illegal Maneuver to Claw Back Bipartisan, Congressionally Appropriated Foreign Aid www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

Merkley Blasts Trump Administration for Invoking Illegal Maneuver to Claw Back Bipartisan, Congressionally Appropriated Foreign Aid | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 29(source)

Let’s be clear: the Trump Administration arresting people who are actively fighting wildfires is a cruel and unacceptable act that puts our communities in real danger. Firefighters are putting their lives on the line to protect us—we owe them our thanks and respect.

The Oregonian

@oregonian.com

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Border Patrol agents detained two firefighters from private contractors at a wildfire on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, prompting criticism from Sen. Patty Murray.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 29(source)

A “pocket rescission” is the President canceling a funding law without Congress changing the law. We live in a republic, not a dictatorship, so this is unconstitutional. Stop the dictatorship. Join the resistance.

Senate Budget Committee

@senatebudget.bsky.social

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No matter what Trump calls it—cancelling funding that Congress has approved is ILLEGAL. Here is how Trump's unconstitutional "Pocket Rescission" hurts hardworking families. ⬇️

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Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.govAug 28(source)

@merkley.senate.gov and I were just in Israel to discuss the situation in Gaza and press to end the war and return all the hostages. We visited a World Food Program site in Israel with enough food to feed everyone in Gaza for 3 weeks. The Netanyahu government's weaponization of hunger must stop.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 27(source)

My heart is with Annunciation Catholic School and all of Minneapolis in the wake of this horrific shooting. Every child should be safer at school, full stop. I’ll keep fighting for the gun safety reforms we need to keep our communities safe.

Senator Jeff Merkley@merkley.senate.govAug 27(source)

Reminder: Republicans voted to gut health care for more than 15 MILLION AMERICANS. A YES on the BIG UGLY BETRAYAL was a YES on slashing Medicaid and the ACA. It was a YES on raising insurance premiums. And it was a YES on closing rural hospitals and nursing homes.

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Sponsored Bills(97)

S.J. Res. 196 (119th)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, Unite…
S. 4618 (119th)
A bill to effectively staff the high-need public elementary schools and secondary schools of…
S. 4597 (119th)
A bill to direct the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Secretary of Health an…
S. 4568 (119th)
A bill to amend the definition of professional student in the Higher Education Act of 1965.
S. Res. 709 (119th)
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Nurses Week, to be observed from Ma…

Cosponsored Bills(420)

S. 4701 (119th)
A bill to protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
Joined: 2026-06-08
S. Res. 753 (119th)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050…
Joined: 2026-05-21
S. 4579 (119th)
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require that annual St…
Joined: 2026-05-20
S. 4588 (119th)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax for the repurch…
Joined: 2026-05-20
S. 4608 (119th)
A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and…
Joined: 2026-05-20

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Voting History

825 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
2025-12-02	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-12-01	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-41)
2025-11-20	H.J. Res. 130 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (51-43)
2025-11-19	S.J. Res. 76 (119th)	Begin consideration	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Proceed Rejected (46-51)
2025-11-19	S.J. Res. 89 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-47)
2025-11-19	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (66-32)
2025-11-18	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (65-32)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Final passage	NO	NO	✓	Bill Passed (60-40)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-40, 3/5 majority required)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Vote on amendment	NO	NO	✓	Amendment Agreed to (60-40)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-40, 3/5 majority required)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Kill the motion	NO	YES	✕	Motion to Table Agreed to (76-24)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Table Failed (47-53)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Kill the motion	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Table Failed (47-53)
2025-11-10	H.R. 5371 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (60-40)
2025-11-09	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (60-40, 3/5 majority required)
2025-11-07	S. 3012 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (53-43, 3/5 majority required)
2025-11-06	S.J. Res. 90 (119th)	Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 90	YES	YES	✓	Motion to Discharge Rejected (49-51)
2025-11-05	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (57-43)
2025-11-05	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (57-41)
2025-11-05	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-11-04	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-11-04	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-44, 3/5 majority required)
2025-11-03	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)
2025-10-30	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-47)
2025-10-30	S.J. Res. 88 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (51-47)
2025-10-30	S.J. Res. 80 (119th)	Approve resolution	NO	NO	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (52-45)
2025-10-29	S.J. Res. 77 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (50-46)
2025-10-29	S.J. Res. 69 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Rejected (25-72)
2025-10-29	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-10-29	S.J. Res. 80 (119th)	Begin consideration	NO	NO	✓	Motion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-10-28	S.J. Res. 81 (119th)	Approve resolution	YES	YES	✓	Joint Resolution Passed (52-48)
2025-10-28	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-10-28	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-47)
2025-10-28	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-10-28	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-10-27	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (58-40)
2025-10-27	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-10-23	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-10-23	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (48-45)
2025-10-23	S. 3012 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-10-22	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-10-22	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-10-22	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-39)
2025-10-22	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-46, 3/5 majority required)
2025-10-21	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (53-46)
2025-10-21	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-10-21	—	End debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-46)
2025-10-21	—	Confirm nominee	NO	NO	✓	Nomination Confirmed (66-32)
2025-10-20	H.R. 5371 (119th)	End filibuster to begin debate	NO	NO	✓	Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (50-43, 3/5 majority required)

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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