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Seat
U.S. Senator from Washington
Born
October 11, 1950
Age 75
Phone
(202) 224-2621
Office
154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510, Washington 20510
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Patty Murray

Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician who has served as the senior U.S. senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, she held the position of president pro tempore of the Senate from 2023 to 2025.

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Voting Record — 828
Yes25%
No69%
Present0%
Not Voting6%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Patty Murray
U.S. SenatorDemocratWashington
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Patty's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 35 sponsored · 166 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

I voted NO on Eric Tung for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Washington state. He's spent his career attacking workers' rights, reproductive rights, environmental laws, and voting rights—and embracing dangerous fringe theories. Republicans confirmed him anyway.
Americans want sane, stable leadership that is focused on lowering the cost of living. People are already fed up with the chaos and corruption of the Trump administration. Republicans should LISTEN and work with us to reopen government and save the ACA tax credits.
4 out of 5 people who rely on the ACA tax credits live in states that Trump won. And over 80 percent of the people who will end up uninsured if these expire are in Trump states! This is a MAGA health care hike, yet Trump won't lift a finger to save your health care.
Trump is throwing a blow-out Gatsby party down in Mar-a-Lago & pardoning people who helped terrorists launder money—all while REFUSING to work on reopening the government and actively CHOOSING to break the law and ignore the courts to force 42 million Americans to go hungry.
Millions of Americans are seeing their health care premiums double—or worse—and Republican leaders are STILL refusing to act. Democrats will not let Republicans ignore this health care crisis.
Paying furloughed federal workers is not up for "discussion." It is law. Plain and simple.
Q: Does the administration guarantee that all furloughed federal workers will get back pay? LEAVITT: This is something we are very much open to discussing with Democrats as part of the discussions about the continuing resolution (That's not a yes!)
The President who threw a Gatsby-themed party the night before he cut off SNAP benefits is now vowing to break a court order so that he can force millions of children, seniors, and veterans to go hungry. It's sickening. I won't stand for it. Time to speak up and push back.
Johnson won't talk about the Republican health care plan—not because it's secret, but because it doesn't exist.
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
🚨UPDATE ON SNAP: Millions of Americans are getting their benefits LATE and only partial benefits.   TWO federal judges made it clear that SNAP should be funded and forced Trump to make a partial payment using an emergency fund, but we need him to pay the FULL benefits.
Trump's tariffs are driving up the cost of everything, especially groceries. But the President doesn't have a clue, maybe because he's too busy throwing obscene Gatsby-themed parties while he denies millions of families SNAP benefits.
O'DONNELL: The stock market doesn't affect everybody. Not everybody is invested in the stock market TRUMP: It does O'DONNELL: But grocery prices are up TRUMP: No. 401ks. People have 401ks.
Why does the President have zero clue about one of the most corrupt pardons he's made so far?   Donald Trump is a crook, whether he knows it or not.
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao? TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him. TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
The letter of the law is as plain as day. Trump should have paid SNAP benefits all along. Just now paying the bare minimum to partially fund SNAP is not enough, and it is not acceptable. Trump should immediately work to fully fund benefits under the law.
This is about as sick and cruel as it gets. This policy is in place to stop grocery stores from OVERCHARGING people using SNAP. The Trump administration, while it illegally withholds SNAP benefits, is telling grocers they can't offer discounts to people on SNAP.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
SNAP benefits didn’t need to stop.   There are federal dollars to keep SNAP going, even in a shutdown. Trump is REFUSING to use it.    The courts have ruled that Trump needs to get November SNAP benefits out the door for Americans in need.
Much higher health care premiums are all part of the MAGA health care hike–not just because Republicans are causing it, but because these skyrocketing price increases are hitting MAGA states harder than anyone. 80% of the funds for ACA tax credits go to states Trump WON!
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Voting History
828 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
2025-01-30End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (83-13)
2025-01-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (62-35)
2025-01-30Confirm nomineeNOYESNomination Confirmed (80-17)
2025-01-29End debateNOYESCloture Motion Agreed to (78-20)
2025-01-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (56-42)
2025-01-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (56-42)
2025-01-28H.R. 23 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-28Confirm nomineeNOYESNomination Confirmed (77-22)
2025-01-27End debateYESYESCloture Motion Agreed to (97-0)
2025-01-27Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (68-29)
2025-01-25End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (67-23)
2025-01-25Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-34)
2025-01-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-39)
2025-01-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-50, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-49)
2025-01-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (74-25)
2025-01-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (72-26)
2025-01-22S. 6 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNONOCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (53-45)
2025-01-21Begin considerationNONOMotion to Proceed Agreed to (54-46)
2025-01-20Confirm nomineeYESYESNomination Confirmed (99-0)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Final passageNONOBill Passed (64-35)
2025-01-20S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (75-24)
2025-01-17S. 5 (119th)End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (61-35, 3/5 majority required)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentYESYESAmendment Rejected (46-49)
2025-01-15S. 5 (119th)Vote on amendmentNONOAmendment Agreed to (70-25)
2025-01-13S. 5 (119th)Begin considerationNOT_VOTINGYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (82-10)
2025-01-09S. 5 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateNOT_VOTINGYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (84-9, 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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