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Edward J. Markey

Edward J. Markey

D MA · Senate

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Defense

-86
Helped 797 Hurt 883 Unclear 637

Healthcare

+151
Helped 626 Hurt 475 Unclear 1181

Education

+64
Helped 532 Hurt 468 Unclear 413

Government Operations

-22
Helped 95 Hurt 117 Unclear 1066

Finance

-55
Helped 475 Hurt 530 Unclear 261

Energy

-198
Helped 359 Hurt 557 Unclear 228

Agriculture

+125
Helped 385 Hurt 260 Unclear 137

Environment

+53
Helped 282 Hurt 229 Unclear 258

Transportation

-61
Helped 221 Hurt 282 Unclear 235

Veterans Affairs

+193
Helped 347 Hurt 154 Unclear 81

Labor

+73
Helped 208 Hurt 135 Unclear 215

Housing

+149
Helped 299 Hurt 150 Unclear 17

Criminal Justice

-26
Helped 200 Hurt 226 Unclear 39

Trade

-11
Helped 178 Hurt 189 Unclear 42

Technology

-23
Helped 148 Hurt 171 Unclear 82

Immigration

-118
Helped 50 Hurt 168 Unclear 133

Appropriations

+93
Helped 204 Hurt 111 Unclear 17

Foreign Policy

-19
Helped 123 Hurt 142 Unclear 51

Social Welfare

+169
Helped 218 Hurt 49 Unclear 41

Civil Rights

+86
Helped 173 Hurt 87 Unclear 37
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

17822 industry impacts

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How this is computed

P Primary sponsor · C Co-sponsor · Y Yea vote · N Nay vote

Weighted score (w:) uses strongest role per bill. Weights: Primary 1.0, Co-sponsor 0.3, Yea 0.1, Nay -0.1.

Bills where the legislator voted nay (without sponsorship) contribute -0.1 per bill. Equal yea and nay roll calls on the same bill contribute 0.

Vote date filters affect vote attribution; sponsorship is always included.

Positive-Effect Industries

Direct (1550), Veterans Affairs (114), Defense (94), Child Welfare (40), DoD (33), VA (19), Executive (17), Legislative (16), State (16), USDA (16), Treasury (14), Congress (12), Agriculture (11), CMS (9), Justice (8), Transportation (8), NPS (7), Judiciary (6), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Local (4), DHS (3), Immigration (3), NOAA (3), Cemeteries (2), DOD (2), EPA (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Federal (2), Federal Agencies (2), HHS (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), State/Local (2), Civil Servants (1), Defense R&D (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), Environmental Regulation (1), Homeland Security (1), Intelligence (1), Interior (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1), Treasury Department (1)
Direct (586), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Low Income (7), Homeless (6), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Disabled (3), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Formerly Incarcerated (2), Immigration Status Holders (2), Minorities (2), Native American Voters (2), African Americans (1), Capital District (1), Elderly (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1), Support Networks (1)
Direct (491), Child Care (3), Higher Education (1), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Students (1), Technical (1), Vocational (1)
Direct (269), Patients (16), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3), Mental Health (2), Global South (1), Hospitals (1)
Direct (239), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (222), Naval (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1), Missiles (1), Missiles/Hypersonics (1), Nuclear C3 (1), Rotorcraft (1), Small Business (1), Small/Innovative (1), Space Systems (1)
Direct (187), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
Direct (178), Medicaid (6), Education (2), Medicaid Programs (2), Elections (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (2079), Defense (74), Veterans Affairs (66), Judiciary (35), EPA (23), HHS (17), State (17), Child Welfare (15), Federal (12), Education (11), NPS (11), State/Local (11), Immigration (10), FDA (9), Foreign (9), Transportation (8), VA (8), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), Justice Administration (7), CFPB (6), Executive (6), Border Security (5), Treasury (5), Legislative (4), NOAA (4), State Transportation (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), General (3), Independent Agencies (3), NOAA/EPA (3), Regional Planning (3), SEC (3), ATF (2), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Executive Branch (2), Federal Agencies (2), Intelligence (2), Local (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), Regulatory (2), State Department (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Health And Human Services (1), Homeland Security (1), Housing (1), Interior (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), Labor (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), SSA (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (186), Veterans (20), Taxpayers (2), Bad Actors (1)
Direct (165), Elections (4), Non-Expansion (3), Justice Administration (2), Medicaid Programs (2), Motor Vehicles (2), Education (1)
Direct (165), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (139), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2), Mental Health (1)

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Showing positive and negative-direction effects only. Mixed and uncertain effects are not included in these counts.

Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)

How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.

Analysis coverage
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S+ Supported Benefits
S- Supported Burdens
O+ Opposed Benefits
O- Opposed Burdens
Industry S+ S- O+ O- Net
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans Affairs (180), Defense (158), DoD (34), VA (23), EPA (22) +53 more
-541
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Veterans (141), Military Families (16), Military (3), Foreign (2), Taxpayers (1)
-240
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Naval (2), Nuclear (2), Testing (2), Ammunition (1), Ground Vehicles (1) +9 more
-78
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Families (1), Space Force (1)
-29
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Research (15), Community (3), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Tribal (3), Family Planning Services (2) +3 more
-75
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Child Care (3), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1)
-34
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
- -107
Taxpayers - - -18
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2), Coffee Production (1)
- -142
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Foreign (7), Electrical Equipment (2), Defense (1), Foreign Adversary (1)
-7
Transportation -13
Immigration - +109
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): HSA (7), HSA Administration (2), Transgender Individuals (1)
-39
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Medicaid (6), Medicaid Programs (4), Non-Expansion (3)
-3
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets): Distributed Generation (1)
-28

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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills

s4807-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address the economic and workforce impacts of substance use disorder.

2 clauses Jul 25, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Labor

s4817-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

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.

3 clauses Jul 25, 2024
Health Care Providers

s4757-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To improve the environmental health outcomes of incarcerated people and carceral facility workers, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jul 24, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4730-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the energy credit with respect to electrochromic glass.

1 clause Jul 23, 2024
Energy Production

s4736-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to develop and expand integrated caregiver support services for family caregivers, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jul 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4735-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide financial planning services related to the needs of family caregivers, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jul 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4734-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to ensure services for home modifications under part B of title III of such Act may be used for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

1 clause Jul 23, 2024
Energy Production

s4733-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to develop or expand in-person and virtual peer support programs for family caregivers.

2 clauses Jul 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4732-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize funding for the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network to engage in certain research and evaluation activities with respect to family caregivers and to revise the definition of the term family caregiver.

1 clause Jul 23, 2024
Financial Services

s4731-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide for food-based interventions.

1 clause Jul 23, 2024
Agricultural Producers

s4729-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a pilot program for family caregivers for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder with neurological and organic brain dysfunction.

2 clauses Jul 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4614-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education to coordinate and distribute educational materials and resources regarding artificial intelligence and social media platform impact, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Jun 20, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4613-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish the Office of LGBTQI Inclusion and a rural outreach grant program, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Jun 20, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4381-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

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.

6 clauses May 21, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

s4327-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend section 1977A of the Revised Statutes to equalize the remedies available under that section and to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide any legal or equitable relief available under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

1 clause May 14, 2024
Labor

s4260-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish protections for warehouse workers, and for other purposes.

13 clauses May 2, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Labor

sres664-118

Primary Sponsor

Recognizing the designation of April as Community College Month to celebrate more than 1,000 institutions throughout the United States supporting access to higher education and workforce training, and more broadly sustaining and advancing the economic prosperity of the United States.

1 clause Apr 30, 2024

sres648-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Proclaiming a Declaration of Environmental Rights for Incarcerated People.

1 clause Apr 18, 2024
Health Care Providers

sres644-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Expressing support for the designation of April 1, 2024, through April 30, 2024, as “Fair Chance Jobs Month”.

1 clause Apr 16, 2024
Health Care Providers

s4117-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Climate Change Education Program, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Apr 11, 2024
Health Care Providers Education

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