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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 — 825
Yes26%
No73%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align96%
Cross-party0%
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Edward J. Markey headshot
Edward J. Markey
U.S. SenatorDemocratMassachusetts
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Edward J.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 134 sponsored · 321 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

I’m saddened by the news of Congresswoman Lowey’s passing. Nita was a force for New Yorkers & the American people, working her way to serve as the first woman to chair the Appropriations Committee. We served together in the House for more than two decades. I’ll miss her leadership & fighting spirit.
We are aware of technical difficulties across Senate phone lines. Thank you for calling in and making your voices heard. I look forward to this issue being resolved.
The top targets of the Trump cuts at the Department of Education: college affordability and civil rights enforcement. This administration is making it harder for students to learn without sinking into debt or facing discrimination. The attacks on education must end.
Chart showing a "Snapshot of who Got Fired at ED on March 11"

The highest categories are Federal Student Aid, Office for Civil Rights, and Insitute of Education Sciences.

Federal Student Aid saw the biggest cuts in terms of numbers, but as a share of total full time employees in 2024, however, the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences took the biggest hits.
Gramma and Grampa are already waiting too long for answers about their Social Security. Now, Elon Musk and DOGE want to close field offices and take away their option to use the phone. This is outrageous. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Tomorrow, the nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Dave Weldon, will appear before the Senate HELP Committee. I’ll have the opportunity to question him about protecting Americans’ public health and safety. What should I ask him?
We need to save our health care. I voted NO on RFK Jr. I will vote NO on FDA Commissioner. I will vote NO on NIH Director. I will vote NO on all of Trump's nominees. And I will vote NO on a funding bill that is nothing more than a giveaway to Elon Musk and Republicans.
Children are 25% of our country but they are 100% of our future. Musk and McMahon could care less. They are too busy looting the Dept. of Ed to fund tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
Zeldin and Trump are spreading lies in a last-ditch effort to terminate the climate bank because the truth is it will help households save money and deploy clean energy - exactly what Big Oil is afraid of.
Lee Zeldin tweeting: @EPA just notified 8 recipients of $20 BILLION in Biden EPA “gold bars” that their grants have been TERMINATED!

It is my commitment to President Trump, Congress, and you, that EPA will be an exceptional steward of your tax dollars. I’ll have it no other way!
Trump and McMahon are gutting the promise of public education to fund tax breaks for billionaires. They are locking opportunity for working and middle class families in an ivory tower and throwing away the key. This is anti-student and anti-educator. We will fight back.
Make no mistake. Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and he is calling for the elimination of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and all the programs Americans need for health care, housing, and food.
Elon Musk reiterated his intention to destroy programs like Social Security, which he has called a Ponzi scheme: "Most of the federal spending is entitlements... that’s the big one to eliminate."
Chef José Andrés is right. I had the opportunity to visit his World Central Kitchen operations where they help to prepare millions of meals for Ukranian refugees. Ukraine has only borne more devastation since. Elon Musk and Donald Trump must stop bowing down to Putin and get real.
.@elonmusk you should travel with him or myself to @Ukraine and see for yourself that Ukranians are good people fighting for freedom and democracy….tell me dates that you are free and we go? I will take you to the cities near the frontlines and you will see on your own…but .
@SenMarkKelly is no traitor but a hero…let’s make USA better without finger pointing please….but with empathy… in response to Elon Musk tweeting "You are a traitor"
What House Republicans are calling a "clean CR" is nothing more than a blatant attempt to codify Donald Trump and Elon Musk's illegal cuts that are already devastating Massachusetts and the nation. It increases defense spending while cutting essential programs. Absurd.
First Musk and DOGE cut nuclear safety workers and then have to rehire them. Now, they cut programs that help stop a nuclear bomb in Iran. Musk is taking a chainsaw to US national security and has no idea what he is doing. Musk is a national security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...
Trump and Zeldin are trying to claw back climate bank money for their billionaire friends. Their attacks on the climate bank and Citibank's subsequent funding freeze are jeopardizing jobs, energy bills, and climate resilience for Americans nationwide. This funding must resume immediately.
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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.

DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (61-35)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-07-22H.R. 3944 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNOYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (91-7, 3/5 majority required)
2025-07-22H.R. 3944 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (50-48)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-47)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-47)
2025-07-21End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (44-43)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (46-36)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-34)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (57-31)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (49-40)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (49-43)
2025-07-17End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (51-48)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (52-47)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-51)
2025-07-17H.R. 4 (119th)Kill the motionNONOMotion to Table Agreed to (51-47)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (47-50)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (47-52)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-52)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Send back to committeeYESYESMotion to Recommit Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-16H.R. 4 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (49-50)
2025-07-15H.R. 4 (119th)Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-07-15H.R. 4 (119th)Motion to Discharge H.R. 4NONOMotion to Discharge Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-07-15Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-47)
2025-07-15End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-46)
2025-07-15Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-07-15End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-07-15Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (69-30)
2025-07-14End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (60-28)
2025-07-14Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (46-42)
2025-07-10Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-45)
2025-07-10End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-43)
2025-07-10End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-07-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-45)
2025-07-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-46)
2025-07-09End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-44)
2025-07-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-43)
2025-07-09End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-46)

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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