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Edward J. Markey

U.S. Senator · Massachusetts · Democrat · Ranking Member, Small Business and Entrepreneurship

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.09· expected 0.95

Meets expectations

Rank 31 of 100 in the Senate · expected = average of 18 minority-party ranking members

How far Markey’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 142
  2. Action in committee 9
  3. Action beyond committee 6
  4. Passed chamber 3
  5. Became law 0

142 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 142 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the Senate

Became law inside another bill (1)

Markey’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Markey’s ratings compare with every senator

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one senator; the ringed marker is Markey.

Markey in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 7 missed of 915

Voted on 908 of 915 roll calls; missed 7. Higher than 86% of senators.

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Party loyalty

How it’s measured
100/ 100

Senate D median 96 · Rank 5 of 47

Sided with the Democratic majority on 834 votes that split the parties. Higher than 78% of senators.

75%100%
3/ 100

Chamber median 9 · −6

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 100% of senators.

0%30%
−0.52

Democratic middle 80%: -0.51 to -0.23

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 164 (median 61) · cosponsored 157 (median 307.5), 304 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the Senate. From congress.gov.

How we count words

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