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At a Glance
Seat
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 — 772
Yes26%
No74%
Present0%
Not Voting1%
Party align96%
Cross-party0%
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Jeff Merkley
U.S. SenatorDemocratOregon
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Jeff's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 93 sponsored · 404 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

I support @sanders.senate.gov’s efforts to stop the sale of bombs and bulldozers to Israel as the Netanyahu government levels entire towns and targets communities in Gaza, Lebanon, and the West Bank.
Republicans want to let a foreign mining company pollute the pristine Boundary Waters and kick the door open to selling out our public lands. And they’ll violate the Congressional Review Act to do it. I’m a HELL NO.
The Senate just voted on a war powers resolution to rein in Trump’s illegal war of choice with Iran. REPUBLICANS BLOCKED IT. It’s clear where their priorities lie—and it’s not with the American people.
Today, the Senate votes on war powers resolutions to rein in Trump’s illegal war with Iran. I will vote YES—as I have repeatedly. I encourage my Republican colleagues to join me. We know this is wrong—it’s not a partisan issue.
We must defend our Constitution, which assigns the question of war to Congress, not the President. I introduced a War Powers Resolution to do just that. Democrats have been clear: we will keep voting on WPR resolutions until we pass one.
Trump’s illegal war with Iran is costing us 1 to 2 BILLION dollars EVERY SINGLE DAY. This while Trump claims we can’t afford to help Americans with health care or child care. Just despicable.
I just introduced a War Powers Resolution to rein in Trump’s illegal war with Iran. Democrats are sending a clear message: we’re going to keep voting on these resolutions until they pass. Republicans need to fulfill their oath to the Constitution and vote YES.
The SAVE America Act is a desperate attempt to rig the next election by making it difficult for whole groups of American citizens to vote: students, married women, Tribal communities, and the less affluent. Republicans are trying to steal YOUR freedom to vote.
First, Trump threatened to slaughter Iranian civilians if the Strait of Hormuz wasn’t opened. Now, he’s closing the Strait himself. Congress needs to act now to rein in Trump’s ego-fueled, illegal war.
Trump’s lawless federal agents are ripping families apart—leaving kids without their parents. It’s cruel and inhumane, and I’ll continue to fight to protect communities in Oregon and across the country.
Trump's Forest Service “reorganization” is really a plan to gut the agency ahead of wildfire season and keep folks in Oregon and across the country from having a say in how we protect public lands. HELL NO! I'll fight this as lead Dem on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
First, Trump got the compromised Supreme Court to make him immune from criminal charges for actions during his presidency. Then, Trump flexed pardon power, freeing Jan. 6th insurrectionists. The whole Executive Branch is operating as if they are above the law and Constitution.
Trump is stealing funds that rural libraries and museums need to fund another vanity project.   Your tax dollars are being ripped out of your community to fund a monument to Trump’s ego. Hell no!
The White House plans to spend $15 million in National Endowment for the Humanities funds to finance the construction of a gold-embossed arch at the entrance to Washington’s Memorial Bridge. https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/trump-arch-taxpayer-funds
Trump's threat to bomb Iran "back to the stone age" and that "a whole civilization will die tonight" is 1000% out of sync with every moral code. To the Republican leaders: call Congress back into session NOW to stop Trump's plan to slaughter civilians.
Trump’s SAVE America Act isn’t about keeping noncitizens from voting—it’s about keeping citizens from voting. It’s a desperate attempt to rig the November election, and I’ll keep fighting like hell against it.
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Voting History
772 total votes
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DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-08-01Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Points of Order Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 3114)YESYESMotion Rejected (44-51, 3/5 majority required)
2025-08-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-43)
2025-08-01Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-08-01End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (55-41)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-44)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-44)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (59-39)
2025-07-31Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-45)
2025-07-31End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-41)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (59-38)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 34 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 34YESYESMotion to Discharge Rejected (24-73)
2025-07-30S.J. Res. 41 (119th)Motion to Discharge S.J.Res. 41YESYESMotion to Discharge Rejected (27-70)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-44)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-44)
2025-07-30Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (53-45)
2025-07-30End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-49)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (54-44)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-29End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-47)
2025-07-29Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-47)
2025-07-28End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)
2025-07-28Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (50-39)
2025-07-28End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (51-45)
2025-07-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (50-48)
2025-07-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-24End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (52-46)
2025-07-24Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-46)
2025-07-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (49-47)
2025-07-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-47)
2025-07-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (48-47)
2025-07-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (49-47)
2025-07-23End debateNONOCloture Motion Agreed to (49-47)
2025-07-23H.R. 3944 (119th)Begin considerationYESYESMotion to Proceed Agreed to (90-8)
2025-07-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-47)
2025-07-23Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (52-41)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (61-35)
2025-07-22Confirm nomineeNONONomination Confirmed (51-46)
2025-07-22H.R. 3944 (119th)End filibuster to begin debateYESYESCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (91-7, 3/5 majority required)

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