Politician
Not who you're looking for? Others named Chris Murphy: American politician · American baseball player · Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (1968–2024) · Irish hurler
Party
Democrat
Chamber
Senate
State
CT
In office since
2013
Next election
2030
Votes recorded
890
Total votes
890
Missed
23 (2.6%)
Committees
3
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Methodology: stated positions are AI-compiled from cited public sources; conflicts cross-reference them against the official roll-call record. Consistency = 100 − 12 per significant − 6 per moderate − 2 per minor conflict. Severity is editorial-model judgment — every item links its underlying vote so you can decide for yourself.
Supports comprehensive bipartisan border security reform, opposes politicization of the issue by Republicans, and criticizes ICE detention practices and alleged abuses under the current administration.
Voted to support Immigration Detention Ombudsman and redirect ICE funds toward DACA processing instead of enforcement.
Supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, strengthening Buy American laws, and expanding manufacturing and job training programs in Connecticut.
Sponsored Living Wage For All Act; supported housing supply legislation and multiple economic amendments.
Supports reasserting U.S. global leadership, coordinated international response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, and reducing unchecked executive power over war and arms sales decisions.
Repeatedly voted to discharge resolutions limiting unauthorized military action against Iran, consistent with constraining executive war powers.
🗳 Yea on SJRES181 (2026-07-30)🗳 Yea on SJRES180 (2026-07-23)🗳 Yea on SJRES185 (2026-06-24)🗳 Yea on HCONRES86 (2026-06-23)
Supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act, increased public health infrastructure funding, and federal action to expand access to medical supplies and vaccines during pandemics.
No votes or bills address ACA expansion, public health funding, or pandemic supply access.
S. 5341 — Strengthening Coast Guard Communities Act of 2026
2026-08-06 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S. 5121 — Supreme Court Ethics Act
2026-07-23 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S. 4981 — Living Wage For All Act
2026-07-14 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 3146 — Restoring Access for Detainees Act
2025-11-07 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.