Jeff Merkley

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

• Senator OR 2009–present

• background Born October 24, 1956
• role Oregon House of Representatives (47th district, 1999–2009); speaker last two years
• role U.S. Senator from Oregon since 2008; defeated Gordon Smith, reelected 2014, 2020
• achievement Only U.S. senator to endorse Bernie Sanders in 2016 Democratic primary
• role Progressive advocate; considered 2020 presidential candidate; chose Senate reelection

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.

• 100.0%
  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.

• 126
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 663 cosponsored

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

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 126 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.

• 18
  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 Jeff Merkley. 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

• Budget Committee Ranking Member
• Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Energy
• Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Energy
• Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Appropriations Committee
• Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety Subcommittee Subcommittee
• Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Technology, Telecom
• Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Environment and Public Works Committee · oversees Energy
• Foreign Relations Committee
• Joint Committee on Printing
• Rules and Administration Committee
• State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
• Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
• Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee · oversees Health
• East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy Subcommittee
• Energy and Water Development Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee

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

• DefenseOppose from votes
• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes
• Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

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

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

Data from Congress.gov