We invest in humanitarian relief because it’s the smart thing to do for America, but it’s worth saying it’s also the right thing to do.
I wish Republicans would stop lying about what this kind of lifesaving aid means.
I hope you’ll spend a minute with this important story.
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Senator|Democrat|Washington
Patty Murray
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Voting Record — 825
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
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Today I held a press call to make clear GOP health care cuts hitting hospitals in WA state will also hurt people in WY, AK, MT, & ID.
Because hospitals in our state provide essential, high-level specialty care to people across the entire Mountain West.
Right now, Trump is blocking billions in funding for our public schools, so I'm blocking and slowing down his nominee for the Department of Education.
He's released some of the funding he's illegally withheld, but we need to keep up the pressure until every dollar gets out the door.
Republicans made clear their top priorities were tax breaks for billionaires and kicking families off Medicaid.
I wrote a bill to make sure the typical family doesn't pay more than $15 a day for child care, while finally setting us on the path to universal pre-k.
Trump pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein's heinous crimes. Now he's being extremely defensive regarding the Epstein files.
It raises legitimate questions.
Why not just release the files? What is he hiding?
Trump's budget chief, Russ Vought, has said he wants the appropriations process to be LESS bipartisan.
This is a man who ignores our laws and flaunts it.
My message to my Republican colleagues this afternoon? STAND UP for Congress as a co-equal branch of government.
BREAKING: At 2 AM, Republicans just passed a bill to defund public broadcasting and lifesaving aid because Trump told them to—they wouldn’t even protect rural radio or emergency alerts.
Congress should decide what we spend and what we cut—not Trump and not Russ Vought.
I voted NO.
It's past midnight—do you know where your Senator is?
I'm on the Senate floor ready to vote NO on cuts to PBS, emergency alerts, and global health investments.
I won't vote for DOGE cuts, because I don't take my orders from Donald Trump or Russ Vought.
It's past 10pm on a Wednesday night, and Republicans are still working to defund PBS, rural radio, lifesaving aid, and more.
Democrats have been forcing amendment votes for hours, and we're still at it.
I'm voting NO on these DOGE cuts, and so should every Senator.
🚨Did you know that RIGHT NOW Republicans are working to defund public broadcasting? Everything from shows our kids love like Sesame Street to local news to emergency alerts.
I'm on the Senate floor forcing as many amendment votes as possible to save this funding.
Public broadcasting provides free, educational programming that helps our kids grow and learn, whether it's Daniel Tiger or Sesame Street.
We need to send a message to Trump: Big Bird is not on the chopping block, and let's send these Republican funding cuts to Oscar's place, AKA the trash can.
Public broadcasting funds support local stations, which help with emergency planning.
In fact, many stations use their towers to actually deliver emergency alerts to people's cellphones when cell towers go down.
Do Republicans want people to have LESS warning in an emergency?
Here's a history lesson for my Republican colleagues. When President Clinton wanted a line-item veto, I said NO.
I came to the Senate to fight for my state, not to weaken or surrender my responsibilities to ANY President.
If Republicans agree, they need to vote NO on these DOGE cuts.
To my Republican colleagues expressing concern about cuts to rural radio, lifesaving aid, and PBS: Donald Trump does not care about rescissions.
He likely doesn't even know what rescissions are. He will forget about this in a day.
Here’s a tip: If you don't like this bill—DON'T VOTE FOR IT.
Just two weeks ago Republicans added trillions to the deficit. Now they're pretending they're SO concerned about the debt that they have to cut lifesaving aid, PBS, and rural radio.
That doesn't add up.
So I tried to help my Republican colleagues with some basic counting on the Senate floor.
BREAKING: Republicans voted to advance cuts to rural radio, emergency alerts, and lifesaving aid.
After blowing up the deficit by trillions on billionaire tax breaks, Republicans are pretending to care about the debt.
It's not over yet. Now we debate & vote on amendments.
I just voted NO to advance Trump's DOGE cuts to PBS, rural radio, and lifesaving aid.
Republicans need to decide: Does Congress decide how to spend taxpayer dollars, or do they just take orders from Russ Vought?
The “time to prevent future cuts to Medicaid” was when you could have voted AGAINST the bill that cut Medicaid in the first place.
After voting to kick millions of Americans off their health care, Republicans are focused on defunding PBS this week.
Meanwhile, Democrats are introducing a bill I wrote with Rep. Bobby Scott to make child care affordable and accessible for every family.
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Voting History
825 total votes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-21 | 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) |
| 2025-05-06 | S.J. Res. 13 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (53-46) |
| 2025-05-06 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (55-45) |
| 2025-05-05 | H.J. Res. 61 (119th) | Begin consideration | NOT_VOTING | NO | — | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (51-43) |
| 2025-05-01 | — | End debate | NO | NO | ✓ | Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45) |
| 2025-05-01 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-46) |
| 2025-05-01 | H.J. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Joint Resolution Passed (52-45) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 31 (119th) | Begin consideration | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Proceed Agreed to (52-40) |
| 2025-04-30 | S.J. Res. 49 (119th) | Kill the motion | NO | NO | ✓ | Motion to Table Agreed to (49-49, Vice President of the United States, voted Yea) |
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.