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Ed Markey

Ed Markey

Ed Markey is a Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, first elected to the Senate in a special election in June 2013. He previously served 37 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1977 to 2013, and before that sat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. He has served on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee since entering the Senate and is its Ranking Member. He chaired the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming in the 110th and 111th Congresses and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee in 2009. He has sponsored legislation on nuclear war health impacts and environmental issues.

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United States
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Politics
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Record

  • Controversy · October 1, 2026

    Criticism of past votes

    During a 2026 Senate debate, Republican rival John Deaton criticised Markey over a four-decade-old change of position on abortion rights, his vote to authorise the Iraq war, and the 2008 bank bailout. [1]

Affiliations

  • United States Senate

    The upper chamber of the U.S. Congress. Markey has represented Massachusetts as a Democratic senator since a special election in June 2013. [2]

  • United States House of Representatives

    The lower chamber of the U.S. Congress. Markey served as a Democratic representative for Massachusetts districts from 1977 to 2013. [2]

  • Massachusetts House of Representatives

    The lower chamber of the Massachusetts state legislature. Markey served there from 1973 to 1976. [3]

  • Democratic Party

    A major United States political party. Markey is affiliated with it. [4]

  • Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

    A U.S. Senate committee overseeing small business policy. Markey has served on it since 2013 and is its Ranking Member. [5]

  • Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming

    A U.S. House select committee on energy and climate issues. Markey chaired it during the 110th and 111th Congresses. [6]

  • Energy and Environment Subcommittee

    A congressional subcommittee dealing with energy and environmental matters. Markey chaired it in 2009. [7]

Sources

  1. [1]masslive.com
  2. [2]congress.gov
  3. [3]en.wikipedia.org
  4. [4]congressvotetracker.org
  5. [5]sbc.senate.gov
  6. [6]markey.senate.gov
  7. [7]markey.senate.gov
  8. [8]Photo: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio-Rebecca Hammel / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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