Edward J. Markey

50 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1977

• Senator MA 2015–present
• Representative MA-5 2013–2013
• Senator MA 2013–2015
• Representative MA-7 1977–2013

• background Born July 11, 1946
• role Massachusetts House (1973–1976), then U.S. House (1976–2013, 20 terms)
• role U.S. Senator since 2013; defeated Lynch (primary), Gomez (general); reelected 2020
• role Dean of Massachusetts congressional delegation since 2009
• achievement Chaired House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (2007–2011)
• achievement Senate author of Green New Deal; primary focus on climate and energy policy

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

• 96.7%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 30 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 153
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 517 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 153 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 100%
  Party-unity voting →

  votes with the party majority · median 100% · on 11 party-line votes

  Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

• 0%
  Cross-party voting →

  votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

  The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 12
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Edward J. Markey. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member
• Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Health
• Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Subcommittee Subcommittee
• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Environment and Public Works Committee · oversees Energy
• Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · oversees Health
• Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Subcommittee · oversees Technology
• Education and the American Family Subcommittee
• Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee
• Telecommunications and Media Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• DefenseOppose from votes
• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes
• Foreign PolicyOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Markey most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Markey connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov