Senate Files

Senators

Connecticut

They vote alike 96% of the time

Each dot is a state's two senators: how often they voted the same way on the 119th Congress's roll calls they both cast. Blue: two Democrats (Independents count with them); red: two Republicans; gray: one of each. Connecticut is ringed.

96%7%100%

The two of them among all 100 senators

Each dot is a senator; Blumenthal and Murphy are ringed.

Raised

Their campaign's receipts in its latest two-year period (FEC); a log scale

Blumenthal: $771KMurphy: $14.0M$49K$115.9M

Votes with their party

On party votes in the 119th Congress: most Democrats against most Republicans

Blumenthal: 98.8%Murphy: 99.8%79.5%100.0%

Missed votes

Share of the 119th Congress's roll calls they didn't vote on

Blumenthal: 1.2%Murphy: 2.7%0.0%15.0%

Lobbyists' giving

Contributions and honors lobbyists and their firms report giving them (LD-203), 2021 on; a log scale

Murphy: $507KBlumenthal: $2.2M$6,000$11.9M

Money from out of state

Share of their itemized individual contributions from donors outside their state, latest period (FEC)

Murphy: 70%Blumenthal: 80%21%98%

Bills sponsored

In the 119th Congress (Congress.gov)

Murphy: 51Blumenthal: 1312191

Voting record

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension, from every roll call they cast

Blumenthal: -0.43Murphy: -0.29← more liberalmore conservative →

Their committees

Lobbying clients based in Connecticut

380 clients based here filed 4,168 quarterly lobbying reports since 2021, totaling $228.4M. The biggest:

The top 25
ClientMain issuesReportsTotaling
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCOM, TAX23$61.1M
THE TRAVELERS COS., INC. AND SUBSIDIARIESINS23$15.0M
HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP (FKA HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP)CSP, FIN, INS23$9.2M
SYNCHRONY FINANCIALTAX, BAN, FIN23$7.3M
W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATIONINS23$6.5M
PITNEY BOWES INC.POS, BAN, TRD23$5.7M
YALE UNIVERSITYEDU, BUD, SCI23$4.3M
DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUPFIN, BAN, TAX17$3.6M
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FOUNDATIONACC23$3.4M
ULTRA MARITIME LLC (FORMERLY REPORTED AS ULTRA ELECTRONICS DEFENSE INC)DEF, LAW13$2.6M
SANDY HOOK PROMISE ACTION FUNDHCR, EDU, FIR23$2.5M
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INCBUD, HCR, EDU23$2.4M
PURDUE PHARMA LPHCR, BNK, ALC22$2.4M
ATHENE USAFIN20$2.3M
HENKEL OF AMERICA INC.CSP, MAN, TAX22$2.3M
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTAGR, BUD, DEF23$2.3M
EVERSOURCE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANYENG, TAX, BUD23$2.3M
LINDE INC., LINDE, PLC AND OTHER ENTITIES RELATED TO LINDE, PLCTAX, ENG, AER23$2.2M
EQUINOR WIND US LLCENG, TAX18$1.8M
GE AEROSPACEDEF, TAX, BUD23$1.6M
HEXCEL CORPORATIONDEF, TRD, BUD14$1.5M
LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY, LLCAGR15$1.5M
RTX CORPORATION (FKA RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES)TAX, TRD23$1.4M
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYTAX, HCR23$1.3M
FREEPOINT COMMODITIES LLCCHM22$1.3M