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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 — 789
Yes24%
No75%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align95%
Cross-party0%
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Edward J. Markey
U.S. SenatorDemocratMassachusetts
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Edward J.'s ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 132 sponsored · 320 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

This is all you need to know about the Supreme Court’s ruling in the birthright citizenship case: “No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.”
"The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along," Sotomayor wrote, adding, "No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates."
Today’s Supreme Court opinion upholding my E-Rate program is a major victory for students and teachers across the country. Because every student, no matter their zip code, deserves access to the internet.
If Republicans succeed in passing their Big Ugly Bill, premiums would rise 93% for 3 million small businesses and employees that depend on premium assistance. This bill sells out Main Street for Wall Street.
If Democrats succeed in stopping the One Big Beautiful Bill, 26M small businesses will see their top tax rate more than DOUBLE to 43%. They will have no choice but to lay off workers, cut hours, take on debt, or close down. 

A vote against OBBB is a vote against Main Street.
Extreme heat is only getting worse and more frequent. Adapting to the climate crisis is expensive. @repyassansari.bsky.social and I already have a solution called the Heating and Cooling Relief Act to keep your home cool and comfortable without wrecking your wallet.
Summer power bills are going up, federal government warns
Consumers will see a "slight increase" in power bills this summer, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Monday.
But that analysis is based on expectations for cooler weather.
Published June 24, 2025
Today marks 10 years since Obergefell v. Hodges affirmed marriage equality. But the fight isn’t over—extremists are coming for LGBTQ+ rights, state by state, court by court. We must protect love, dignity, and equality under the law.
The GOP’s mega-budget bill isn’t just cruel—it’s a giveaway to Wall Street at the expense of Main Street. Slashing Medicaid, education, and climate investments will gut local economies and small businesses across America. We need budgets that build, not break us.
Senate Democratic leaders stress small biz impact of GOP megabill
Senate Democrats urged Republican colleagues to rein back health care cuts impacting small businesses in their reconciliation package.
BY: 
KATHERINE HAPGOOD

 | 06/26/2025 01:42 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Small Business Chair Ed Markey said GOP health care and nutrition cuts would have an outsize impact on small businesses.Francis Chung/POLITICO
Republicans want to expand tax breaks for Big Oil’s false climate solution—carbon capture—to boost oil production by billions of barrels a year. More subsidies for Big Oil are bad for the environment and bad for the health and wallets of Americans.
Group of state officials calls on Congress to end tax credits for carbon sequestration
Joshua Haiar and Seth TupperSouth Dakota Searchlight
WRTA: Where Riders Take Action. The HEART of Massachusetts continues to lead the way with the longest running fare-free transit system in the nation. Congratulations to all the leaders and advocates who made this possible.
FARE FREE TRANSIT
Advocates celebrate six years of fare free busing for Worcester's WRTA
BY CAM JANDROW (https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/on-air/2019/12/02/cam-jandrow) WORCESTER
PUBLISHED 7:54 AM ET JUN. 25, 2025
At the same time that Republicans are working to kick 16 million people off of their health insurance, far-right justices have given states the green light to defund critical health providers like @ppfa.org, making it harder for people to get the health care they need. Shame.
Supreme Court clears way for states to kick Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid
BY: 
ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN

, 
JOSH GERSTEIN

, 
LAUREN GARDNER

 | 06/26/2025 10:39 AM EDT | UPDATED 06/26/2025 11:23 AM EDT
Republicans' Big Ugly Boondoggle will slash health care by gutting Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. Small businesses will get hurt just to hand tax breaks to the wealthy and big corporations. Republicans' Big Ugly Boondoggle is for Park Avenue, not Main Street.
This big number proves the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a loser for small biz, Mass. lawmaker says
Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 6:00 a.m.
Communities living near nuclear infrastructure must be involved in NRC decisions. The Trump administration wants to shut them out. Today, I reintroduced my NRC Office of Public Engagement and Participation Act to defend the public’s right to have a seat at the table.
Three years ago today, the first bipartisan gun safety agreement in decades was signed into law. But that breakthrough was only the first step toward a future free from the scourge of gun violence. Today, I reintroduced five commonsense bills to safeguard our communities.
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Voting History
789 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
2025-07-15End 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)
2025-07-09Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-07-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (47-42)
2025-07-08End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (47-41)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Bennet Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (45-55)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (50-50)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (50-50)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (49-51)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-52)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-53)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Agreed to (99-1)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (47-53, 3/5 majority required)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (48-52)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Rejected (21-79)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Warnock Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (48-51)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (50-50)
2025-07-01H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Wyden Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-07-01Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2775)NONOMotion Rejected (54-46, 3/5 majority required)
2025-07-01Motion (Motion to Waive Section 302(f) of the CBA Re: Collins Amdt. No. 2812)NONOMotion Rejected (22-78, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Motion to Waive Section 425(a)(2) of the CBA re: H.R. 1)NONOMotion Agreed to (51-48, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Padilla Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2772 )NOYESMotion Rejected (42-58, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Schiff Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Duckworth Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (49-51)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Hassan Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (48-52)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Gallego Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Blumenthal Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Armed Services with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-06-30H.R. 1 (119th)Motion (Kaine Motion to Commit H.R. 1 to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with Instructions)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 313 (b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2401)NONOMotion Rejected (53-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 2771)YESYESMotion Rejected (49-51, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 2446)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2705)NONOMotion Rejected (56-44, 3/5 majority required)
2025-06-30Motion (Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2414)YESYESMotion Rejected (47-53, 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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