Jeff Merkley
U.S. Senate · Democrat · Oregon
Official U.S. Senate photograph. Public domain.
Record at a glance
Counts are the promise cards on this page. Not yet rated means the sentence has no target, or the pages opened so far do not show a result the rubric can grade.
Climate
Shift to 100% clean energy
Not yet ratedThe promise, in their own wordsWe must take bold action to reverse the climate crisis. Tinkering around the edges is no longer enough. We must invest in a shift to 100% clean and renewable energy sources. And we need a Green New Deal to ensure that as we drive this transition, we create millions of good-paying family jobs and invest in the front-line communities that have often been left behind.
Why no rating yet
The campaign page states the goal and does not name a bill number, a vote, or a date. No rating.
Issues page, checked Nov 9, 2026
A bill or a recorded vote tied to this sentence
Health
Medicare for All and a drug-price ceiling
Not yet ratedThe promise, in their own wordsWe should give every American the opportunity to participate in simple, seamless, cost-effective Medicare for All. And we must end the gouging of Americans on drug prices by banning drug companies from charging more for a drug than they charge in Canada, Europe, and Japan.
Why no rating yet
The campaign page states both aims and does not cite a passed bill. No rating.
Issues page, checked Nov 9, 2026
A bill number and what happened to it
Voting
Voting Rights Act, early voting, and vote-by-mail
Not yet ratedThe promise, in their own wordsPut an end to gerrymandering. Overturn Citizens United and shut down the dark money. Reinstate and strengthen the Voting Rights Act to stop voter suppression and intimidation. Champion voter empowerment with required early voting periods, vote-by-mail, and same-day registration.
Why no rating yet
Four separate aims are in one campaign paragraph. None is tied on that page to a result. No rating.
Issues page, checked Nov 9, 2026
One aim, one bill, one outcome
Housing
Affordable housing and child care
Not yet ratedThe promise, in their own wordsHousing and child care should be affordable in every community and to every family.
Why no rating yet
His Senate priorities page says more, in the office's voice: he wants a large expansion of affordable-housing resources and to ban hedge funds from owning homes. Neither page gives a bill number or a result on this card. No rating.
The sentence above
Longer housing priorities, not graded here
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