Jeff Merkley
AnalysisD OR · Senate
Defense
-44Healthcare
+367Education
+115Government Operations
-121Finance
-80Energy
-231Environment
+74Agriculture
+144Transportation
-212Veterans Affairs
+205Labor
+70Sanctions
-57Foreign Policy
-98Trade
+3Criminal Justice
+20Appropriations
+121Technology
+2Immigration
-137Housing
+105Civil Rights
+111Industry Impact Profile
18913 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 (180),
Defense (158),
DoD (34),
VA (23),
EPA (22)
+53 more
|
-449 | ||||
General Public (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Veterans (141),
Military Families (16),
Military (3),
Foreign (2),
Taxpayers (1)
|
+30 | ||||
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)
|
-25 | ||||
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
|
+63 | ||||
Education (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Child Care (3),
Immigrant Students (1),
Religious Studies (1),
Technical (1)
|
-24 | ||||
Construction (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Federal/Military (1),
Military/Pacific (1),
Utilities/Infrastructure (1)
|
+12 | ||||
| Taxpayers | - | - | -18 | ||
Agriculture (5 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Coffee (2),
Commodities (2),
Hemp (2),
Livestock (2),
Coffee Production (1)
|
-106 | ||||
Manufacturing (4 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Foreign (7),
Electrical Equipment (2),
Defense (1),
Foreign Adversary (1)
|
-4 | ||||
| Transportation | +12 | ||||
| Immigration | - | +109 | |||
Financial Services (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
HSA (7),
HSA Administration (2),
Transgender Individuals (1)
|
-37 | ||||
State & Local Government (3 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Medicaid (6),
Medicaid Programs (4),
Non-Expansion (3)
|
-1 | ||||
Energy (1 sub)
Sub-categories (total impacts, all buckets):
Distributed Generation (1)
|
-28 |
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Sponsored & Cosponsored Bills
s2102-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply reliability.
sres263-118
CosponsorCommemorating June 19, 2023, as Juneteenth National Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
s2054-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements.
sres258-118
Cosponsor In CommitteeReaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.
s2053-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
s2048-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
s2012-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental services under the Medicare program.
s2039-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable than the cost-sharing provided for anticancer medications administered by a health care provider.
s2016-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
s1999-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo 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.
s1963-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All.
s1992-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.
s1995-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo support public health infrastructure.
s1960-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for violations of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and for other purposes.
s1948-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner air space program, and for other purposes.
s1954-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo improve the provision of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, and for other purposes.
s1953-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based catastrophe loss mitigation programs.
s1934-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and for other purposes.
s1924-118
Cosponsor IntroducedTo protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world, and for other purposes.
s1890-118
Cosponsor ReportedTo provide for the establishment of a grazing management program on Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other purposes.
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