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Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator · Oregon · Democrat · Ranking Member, Budget

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 7, 2026 · How we measure

What Merkley said and did, by issue

Method

By congress.gov policy area. Statements are Merkley’s press releases on each area; bills are the ones they sponsored and how far they got; votes show how often they sided with Democrats on party-line votes, next to the party median.

Statements, bills and votes all cover the 119th Congress so far, since Jan 2025. 553 press releases counted; 17 ceremonial ones (honors, condolences, holidays) not counted.

IssueStatementsBills sponsored Votes with DemocratsClosest final vote
Government Operations and Politics 172 · 31% 9Furthest: Out of committee 100% of 13 · median 100% —
Health 41 · 7% 17Furthest: Out of committee 100% of 4 · median 100% —
International Affairs 33 · 6% 17Furthest: Out of committee 97% of 31 · median 97% Yea H.R. 5334 86–11

Every issue Pro See all 27 issues with what Merkley said and did on each, and the bills Merkley spoke about and voted on, side by side.

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Bills and votes carry congress.gov’s policy areas. A press release takes the policy area of the main issue it is filed under, else the area the AI reading gave it; releases from before we read them with AI are matched by keywords in their title and first sentence. A count is a fact, not a judgment: members also legislate through amendments, appropriations and other members’ bills.