Edward J. Markey, D-MA
Edward J. Markey is a Democratic Senator from Massachusetts.
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The list below shows the pieces of legislation (including bills, resolutions, and amendments) that this legislator has sponsored. Not all pieces of legislation have been brought for a roll call vote.
- s2154-119 - A bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting the marketing of firearms to minors, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Kids from Gun Marketing Act)
- s1187-119 - A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes. (aka Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2025)
- s1519-119 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. (aka Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2025)
- s315-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in passenger motor vehicles, and for other purposes. (aka AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025)
- s2165-119 - A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the distribution of 3D printer plans for the printing of firearms, and for other purposes. (aka 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2025)
- s173-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase excise taxes on fuel used by private jets, and for other purposes. (aka Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax Act of 2025)
- s1118-119 - A bill to establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes. (aka Water Intelligence, Security, and Cyber Threat Protection Act of 2025)
- s2155-119 - A bill to ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers. (aka Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2025)
- s325-119 - A bill to reduce health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, and for other purposes. (aka Coordinated Federal Response to Extreme Heat Act of 2025)
- s1913-119 - A bill to amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes. (aka Ending Qualified Immunity Act)
- s1573-119 - A bill to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and modify the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research programs, and for other purposes. (aka SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2025)
- s1268-119 - A bill to amend title 49 of the United States Code, to revise the qualifications for organization designation authorization holders, and for other purposes. (aka Safety Starts at the Top Act of 2025)
- s2613-119 - A bill to establish protections for warehouse workers, and for other purposes.
- s2246-119 - A bill to amend the Small Business Act to prohibit certain offices of the Small Business Administration from undertaking a reduction in force, and for other purposes. (aka Save Our Staff Act of 2025)
- s1499-119 - A bill to establish a program awarding competitive grants to organizations administering entrepreneurial development programming to currently incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, and other purposes. (aka New Start Act of 2025)
- s1030-119 - A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes. (aka Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act)
- s2445-119 - A bill to promote mental wellness and resilience and prevent and heal mental health, behavioral health, and psychosocial conditions through developmentally and culturally appropriate community programs, and award grants for the purpose of establishing, operating, or expanding community-based mental wellness and resilience programs, and for other purposes. (aka Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2025)
- s2231-119 - A bill to protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world, and for other purposes. (aka GLOBE Act of 2025)
- s422-119 - A bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception. (aka Right to Contraception Act)
- s1227-119 - A bill to require the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Commissioner of Social Security to review and simplify the processes, procedures, forms, and communications for family caregivers to assist individuals in establishing eligibility for, enrolling in, and maintaining and utilizing coverage and benefits under the Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, and Social Security programs respectively, and for other purposes. (aka ABC Act)
- s2451-119 - A bill to ensure that paraprofessionals and education support staff are paid a living wage. (aka Pay Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Act)
- s2201-119 - A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. (aka LGBTQ+ Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2025)
- s1484-119 - A bill to improve weather research and forecasting by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. (aka FORECAST Act of 2025)
- s843-119 - A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program. (aka Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act of 2025)
- s1881-119 - A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under such Act to public employees. (aka Public Service Worker Protection Act)
- s810-119 - A bill to ensure that there are no reductions in funding for critical education programs for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027, and for other purposes. (aka No Cuts to Public Schools Act)
- s1593-119 - A bill to exempt small business concerns from duties imposed pursuant to the national emergency declared on April 2, 2025, by the President. (aka Small Business Liberation Act)
- s192-119 - A bill to restrict the first-use strike of nuclear weapons. (aka Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025)
- s2514-119 - A bill to authorize appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. (aka Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2025)
- s1953-119 - A bill to require States to establish complete streets programs, and for other purposes. (aka Complete Streets Act of 2025)
- s103-119 - A bill to amend the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to extend the deadline by which TikTok must be sold in order to avoid being banned. (aka Extend the TikTok Deadline Act)
- s1161-119 - A bill to redesignate the Salem Maritime National Historic Site as the "Salem Maritime National Historical Park", and for other purposes. (aka Salem Maritime National Historical Park Redesignation and Boundary Study Act)
- s170-119 - A bill to prohibit the appointment of former fossil fuel executive officers and fossil fuel lobbyists as the heads of certain departments, and for other purposes. (aka Banning In Government Oil Industry Lobbyists from the Cabinet Act)
- s2157-119 - A bill to require the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to issue an advisory about how homegrown violent extremists and other perpetrators of domestic terrorism procure firearms and firearm accessories, and for other purposes. (aka Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act)
- s2161-119 - A bill to establish an Office of Public Engagement and Participation within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes. (aka NRC Office of Public Engagement and Participation Act of 2025)
- s2330-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to support the recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs, and for other purposes. (aka Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act)
- s2156-119 - A bill to provide grants to States to encourage the implementation and maintenance of firearms licensing requirements, and for other purposes. (aka Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2025)
- s2675-119 - A bill to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
- s2478-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a grant program to support efforts to provide fare-free transit service, and for other purposes. (aka Freedom to Move Act)
- s2476-119 - A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of disability. (aka Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act)
- s236-119 - A bill to amend the Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the "Long-Term Leasing Act"), to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land in the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation and land held in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and for other purposes.
- s2422-119 - A bill to pause development of the new Sentinel program, extend the life of the Minuteman III, and redirect savings from Sentinel toward the Department of Education, and for other purposes. (aka ICBM Act)
- s836-119 - A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and teens, and for other purposes. (aka Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act)
- s2477-119 - A bill to end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities with which Federal agencies contract. (aka End Solitary Confinement Act)
- s1466-119 - A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence. (aka Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2025)
- s2286-119 - A bill to amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to authorize the establishment of, and provide support for, State-based universal health care systems that provide comprehensive health benefits to State residents, and for other purposes. (aka State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2025)
- s2656-119 - A bill to amend the Small Business Act to codify the Rule of Two, and for other purposes.
- s2232-119 - A bill to expand the surety bond program under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes. (aka Expanding the Surety Bond Program Act of 2025)
- s1214-119 - A bill to amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to increase the availability of heating and cooling assistance, and for other purposes. (aka Heating and Cooling Relief Act)
- s1026-119 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that products derived from tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum, and for other purposes. (aka Tar Sands Tax Loophole Elimination Act)
- s2341-119 - A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose requirements for substances generally recognized as safe, to require the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to reassess the safety of chemicals added to food, and for other purposes. (aka Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2025)
- s1995-119 - A bill to require the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure the dissemination of covered information, and for other purposes. (aka FinCEN–SBA Coordination on Beneficial Ownership Registration Act)
- s2520-119 - A bill to establish a State rail formula grant program, to direct Federal Railroad Administration to create a Green Railroads Fund, to expand passenger rail programs, to address air quality concerns, to establish rail workforce training centers, and for other purposes.
- s1994-119 - A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to modify the definition of franchise fee, and for other purposes. (aka Protecting Community Television Act)
- s2340-119 - A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and implement a program and national strategic action plan to prepare and empower the health care sector to protect the health and well-being of our workers, our communities, and our planet in the face of the climate crisis, and for other purposes. (aka Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2025)
- sres61-119 - A resolution expressing support for the continued value of arms control agreements and negotiated constraints on Russian and Chinese strategic nuclear forces.
- sres202-119 - A resolution recognizing the significance of "Community College Month" in April 2025 as a celebration of the more than 1,000 community colleges throughout the United States that support access to higher education, workforce training, and more, and broadly sustain and advance the economic prosperity of the United States.
- sres189-119 - A resolution expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025, as "Fair Chance Jobs Month".
- sres323-119 - A resolution urging the United States to lead a global effort to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.
- sres158-119 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
- sres192-119 - A resolution designating April 30, 2025, as "National Assistive Technology Awareness Day".
- sres36-119 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States, States, cities, Tribal nations, businesses, institutions of higher education, and other institutions in the United States should work toward achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement.
- sres318-119 - A resolution recognizing that climate change poses a growing threat to public health and necessitates coordinated action to mitigate its impacts and safeguard the health and well-being of all people in the United States.
- sres183-119 - A resolution designating the month of April 2025 as "Earth Month" and expressing support for environmental stewardship and climate action.
- sres358-119 - A resolution honoring the life of Dr. Paul Farmer by recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to adopt a 21st century global health solidarity strategy and take actions to address past and ongoing harms that undermine the health and well-being of people around the world.
- sres154-119 - A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Donald Trump is ineligible in any future elections to be elected Vice-President or President, or to serve as President beyond the conclusion of his current term.
Vote Summary
The chart below shows all the votes cast by this legislator. The bars are color-coded by party. Red bars indicate votes cast in support of Republican-sponsored legislation or against Democrat-sponsored legislation; blue bars indicate the opposite.
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All Votes
Edward J. Markey has cast 499 votes in the current session of Congress. We calculate that 0 were party-line votes. This equates to 0% of the total votes cast by this legislator.
Nomination Votes
Edward J. Markey has cast 0 votes for nominees in the current session of Congress. We calculate that 0 were party-line votes. This equates to NaN% of the total nomination votes cast by this legislator.