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Christopher Murphy

Christopher Murphy

D CT · Senate

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Defense

-8
Helped 837 Hurt 845 Unclear 577

Healthcare

+60
Helped 338 Hurt 278 Unclear 451

Education

+13
Helped 309 Hurt 296 Unclear 288

Finance

-68
Helped 299 Hurt 367 Unclear 133

Agriculture

+136
Helped 342 Hurt 206 Unclear 110

Energy

-28
Helped 253 Hurt 281 Unclear 99

Veterans Affairs

+190
Helped 346 Hurt 156 Unclear 85

Government Operations

-15
Helped 63 Hurt 78 Unclear 441

Environment

-18
Helped 141 Hurt 159 Unclear 167

Technology

-2
Helped 190 Hurt 192 Unclear 57

Transportation

0
Helped 150 Hurt 150 Unclear 128

Appropriations

+92
Helped 215 Hurt 123 Unclear 20

Labor

+15
Helped 127 Hurt 112 Unclear 113

Trade

-3
Helped 146 Hurt 149 Unclear 30

Immigration

-93
Helped 67 Hurt 160 Unclear 77

Housing

+92
Helped 191 Hurt 99 Unclear 13

Federal Budget

+162
Helped 207 Hurt 45 Unclear 36

Criminal Justice

+34
Helped 135 Hurt 101 Unclear 26

Foreign Policy

+1
Helped 113 Hurt 112 Unclear 34

Foreign Affairs

0
Helped 71 Hurt 71 Unclear 44
20 policy domains
Helped Hurt Mixed Unclear

Industry Impact Profile

13303 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 (1354), Veterans Affairs (115), Defense (94), DoD (33), VA (19), Executive (16), State (16), USDA (16), Treasury (14), Justice (12), Legislative (12), Agriculture (11), Congress (11), CMS (9), NPS (7), Oversight (6), DOJ (4), Education (4), Foreign Affairs (4), ICE (4), Judiciary (4), State/Local (4), DHS (3), Local (3), Transportation (3), Cemeteries (2), FDA (2), FEMA (2), Federal (2), Housing (2), Interior/USDA (2), International Development (2), Legislative Branch (2), Military Logistics (2), NASA (2), SBA (2), SSA (2), Defense R&D (1), EPA (1), Election Workers (1), Employees (1), HHS (1), Homeland Security (1), Intelligence (1), Judicial (1), Local Election Administration (1), Manufacturing (1)
Direct (398), Veterans (121), Military Families (16), Minority Voters (5), Voters (4), Military (3), District Of Columbia (2), Foreign (2), Native American Voters (2), Capital District (1), Language Minority Voters (1), Students (1)
Direct (301), Child Care (3), Higher Education (1), Immigrant Students (1), Religious Studies (1), Technical (1), Vocational (1)
Direct (236), 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 (189), Patients (15), Research (15), Community (3), Tribal (3), Hospitals (1)
Direct (211), Coffee (2), Commodities (2), Hemp (2), Livestock (2)
Direct (154), Federal/Military (1), Military/Pacific (1), Utilities/Infrastructure (1)

Negative-Effect Industries

Direct (1393), Defense (69), Veterans Affairs (67), EPA (22), State (16), Education (15), Federal (13), VA (13), State/Local (12), NPS (11), FDA (10), HHS (10), Foreign (9), Agriculture (7), BLM (7), Forest Service (7), CFPB (4), Treasury/IRS (4), DHS (3), Executive (3), Interior (3), Legislative (3), NOAA (3), NOAA/EPA (3), SEC (3), Acquisition (2), Congress (2), Defense Acquisition (2), Intelligence (2), Local (2), Local Election Administration (2), Military (2), State Department (2), State Election Administration (2), State Legislatures (2), State/Local Election Administration (2), Coast Guard (1), DoD (1), Energy/Defense (1), Housing (1), Interior Department (1), Justice (1), NNSA (1), OPM (1), Space Force (1), Strategic Command (1), Treasury (1), U.S. Coast Guard (1), USDA (1), Waste Management (1)
Direct (140), Veterans (20), Bad Actors (1), Taxpayers (1)
Direct (144), Nuclear (2), Logistics (1), Maintenance (1)
Direct (109), Gender-Affirming Care (3), Family Planning Services (2), Public Health (2), Reproductive Health (2), Safety Net Providers (2)

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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

s986-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Safe Schools Improvement Act

6 clauses Mar 12, 2025
Civil Rights Organizations Education Government - Education

s803-119

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

2 clauses Feb 27, 2025
Education Immigration Services

s726-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Ethan's Law

5 clauses Feb 25, 2025
Education Trade Law Enforcement Immigration Services

s567-119

Cosponsor Passed Senate

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

4 clauses Feb 13, 2025
Federal Administration Education Transportation

s543-119

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To prohibit certain discrimination against athletes on the basis of sex by State athletic associations, intercollegiate athletic associations, and covered institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Feb 12, 2025
Higher Education Education Collegiate Athletics Government - Education

s343-119

Cosponsor In Committee

Keep Our PACT Act

4 clauses Jan 30, 2025
Housing Education

s278-119

Cosponsor Reported

Kids Off Social Media Act

8 clauses Jan 28, 2025
Social Media Children Technology Users Families

s51-119

Cosponsor Introduced

To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

25 clauses Jan 9, 2025
Federal Judiciary State & Local Government Political Organizations Federal Government

s5593-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to expand the Magnet Schools Assistance Program.

6 clauses Dec 18, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

s5534-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize a grant program for educational institutions to analyze, digitize, and map historic records relating to housing discrimination, and for other purposes.

1 clause Dec 16, 2024
Federal Administration Education

sres833-118

Cosponsor In Committee

Countering disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in Latin America and the Caribbean, and calling for multi-stakeholder efforts to address the significant detrimental effects that the rise in disinformation, propaganda, and misinformation in regional information environments has on democratic governance, human rights, and United States national interests.

1 clause Sep 19, 2024
Education

sres826-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Supporting the designation of the week of September 16 through September 20, 2024, as Malnutrition Awareness Week.

1 clause Sep 18, 2024
Health Care Providers

s5004-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to expand the eligibility of students to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, establish college student food insecurity demonstration programs, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Sep 10, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

sres777-118

Primary Sponsor In Committee

Keeping guns out of classrooms.

1 clause Jul 30, 2024

s4843-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To establish a Summer for All program through summer enrichment expansion grants and summer programming State grants, and for other purposes.

5 clauses Jul 30, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers Education

s4783-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish a program to recognize elementary schools and secondary schools that have implemented a policy to prohibit smartphone use by students during instructional hours and a program to recognize local educational agencies and State educational agencies that serve such schools.

3 clauses Jul 25, 2024
Federal Administration Education

s4595-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To improve the structure of the Federal Pell Grant program, and for other purposes.

7 clauses Jun 20, 2024
Federal Administration Education

s4588-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a process for sharing military service data with States.

1 clause Jun 18, 2024
Federal Administration Defense Contractors

s4512-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To amend the Job Corps program under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and for other purposes.

10 clauses Jun 11, 2024
Labor Defense Contractors Environmental Services Federal Administration

s4407-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To effectively staff the high-need public elementary schools and secondary schools of the United States with school-based mental health services providers.

3 clauses May 23, 2024
Federal Administration Health Care Providers

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