Jeff Merkley
AnalysisD OR · Senate
Defense
-76Healthcare
+299Finance
-107Energy
-180Education
+227Agriculture
+154Veterans Affairs
+147Trade
+12Labor
+60Federal Budget
+166Transportation
-44Foreign Policy
-37Environment
+12Technology
+24Immigration
-144Housing
+67Social Welfare
+83Foreign Affairs
-6Criminal Justice
+20Science & Space
+54Industry Impact Profile
13625 industry impacts
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.
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Votes by Industry (Yea/Nay Alignment)
How this legislator's Yea/Nay votes landed across industries; distinct from overall bill exposure above.
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| Industry | S+ | S- | O+ | O- | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government (58 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans Affairs (130),
Defense (105),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
-525 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (100),
Military Families (10),
Foreign (2),
Military (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
-20 | ||||
Military (2 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Families (1),
Space Force (1)
|
-27 | ||||
Defense (14 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Naval (2),
Nuclear (2),
Testing (2),
Ammunition (1),
Ground Vehicles (1)
+9 more
|
-83 | ||||
Healthcare (8 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Research (9),
Gender-Affirming Care (3),
Community (2),
Family Planning Services (2),
Public Health (2)
+3 more
|
+14 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (2),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
-29 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -34 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
-99 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
-16 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (6),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
-5 | ||||
| Transportation | +5 | ||||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-41 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
-4 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-33 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s3128-118
CosponsorTo streamline the reporting of violations against immigrant children in Federal custody, to provide protections for unaccompanied immigrant children, and to ensure safe release to sponsors, and for other purposes.
sres548-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of February 5 through 9, 2024, as National School Counseling Week.
sres501-119
CosponsorRecognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
sres570-118
CosponsorDesignating March 1, 2024, as National Speech and Debate Education Day.
sres645-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of April 20 through April 28, 2024, as National Park Week.
sres83-118
CosponsorDesignating the week of February 6 through 10, 2023, as National School Counseling Week.
sres597-118
CosponsorRecognizing the heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in the United States.
sres412-118
CosponsorSupporting the nearly 150,000 United Auto Workers currently negotiating collective bargaining agreements with the “Big Three” automakers.
sres67-118
CosponsorSupporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month.
s4056-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to establish the Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Committee and to facilitate the disclosure and reporting of information regarding complaints and investigations related to proprietary institutions of higher education eligible to receive Federal education assistance.
s4039-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reverse the reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students enacted under Public Law 119-21.
s4029-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to reinforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 by establishing a limitations period of 10 years for antibribery offenses, and for other purposes.
s4017-119
Primary Sponsor In CommitteeA bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ban certain Government officials from trading event contracts, and for other purposes.
s4007-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to restore competition in the meatpacking industry by reducing excessive concentration and market power and ultimately reduce prices for American consumers, and for other purposes.
s4001-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.
s4009-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
sjres112-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce relating to "One Year Suspension of Expansion of End-User Controls for Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities".
s3990-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce the transmission of HIV.
s3981-119
Cosponsor In CommitteeA bill to amend the Burma Unified through Rigorous Military Accountability Act of 2022 to extend the sunset, to require a determination with respect to the imposition of sanctions on certain persons of Burma, and for other purposes.
sres626-119
CosponsorA resolution designating March 6, 2026, as "National Speech and Debate Education Day".
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