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Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy

Chris Murphy is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut, serving since 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and serves on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Before entering the Senate, he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Connecticut's Fifth Congressional District, from 2007 to 2013. Earlier in his career, he was a member of both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly. He is the author of 'Crisis of the Common Good', which argues that happiness comes from communal connection and criticises market-oriented individualism.

Country
United States
Field
Politics
Leaning
Left
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Political leaning

Far leftLeftFar right
Economic-2.0
State-ledFree market
Social-2.0
ProgressiveConservative

Why we place them here

  • Characterised presidential actions as 'illegal seizures of power' causing a 'constitutional crisis'. [1]
  • Stated that the Supreme Court is 'brazenly corrupt and brazenly political' and defended criticism of the Court. [2]
  • Authored a book arguing that government should foster shared purpose and criticising market-oriented individualism. [1]

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Affiliations

  • United States Senate

    The upper chamber of the U.S. Congress. Murphy has served as the junior Senator from Connecticut since 2013 and holds seats on the HELP, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations committees. [3]

  • United States House of Representatives

    The lower chamber of the U.S. Congress. Murphy represented Connecticut's Fifth Congressional District for three terms, from 2007 to 2013. [3]

  • Connecticut General Assembly

    The state legislature of Connecticut. Murphy served in both chambers before being elected to Congress. [4]

  • Democratic Party

    A major American political party. Murphy is a member and has been identified as a Democratic Senator. [3]

Sources

  1. [1]iranintl.com
  2. [2]thehill.com
  3. [3]murphy.senate.gov
  4. [4]en.wikipedia.org
  5. [5]Photo: The White House / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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