Ron Wyden
Senator for Oregon · Democrat
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Seats held: Senator for OR, 1996–now · Representative for OR-3, 1981–1996.
Oregon has about 4.3 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 58 of 62 surveyed votes where Oregon's estimated majority was clear.
- Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape: on these votes, Oregon's estimated opinion was too close to call.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to contraceptives (Right to Contraception Act) | June 5, 2024 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (74.5% support, likely 70.8–78.2%) | With the majority |
| Renew post-9/11 surveillance programs that allow searching electronic data without a warrant (FISA reauthorization) | April 19, 2024 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (26.4% support, likely 22.7–30.1%) | With the majority |
| Recognize same-sex and interracial marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68.8% support, likely 64.7–72.9%) | With the majority |
| Require all federal agencies to recognize same-sex marriages (Respect for Marriage Act) | November 29, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.6% support, likely 64.6–74.5%) | With the majority |
| Clean-energy tax credits, lower ACA premiums and Medicare drug price negotiation (Inflation Reduction Act) | August 7, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.9% support, likely 63.9–72%) | With the majority |
| $52 billion for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research (CHIPS and Science Act) | July 27, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.2% support, likely 60–68.3%) | With the majority |
| Increase spending on mental health and school safety, and tighten gun background checks for buyers under 21 (Bipartisan Safer Communities Act) | June 23, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (85.9% support, likely 81.8–89.9%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (second wording) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.3% support, likely 65.4–75.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.7% support, likely 69–78.5%) | With the majority |
| Prohibit government restrictions on access to abortion services (Women's Health Protection Act) | May 11, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.9% support, likely 56.7–65.1%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2022 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.5% support, likely 52.1–60.9%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (84.1% support, likely 79.9–88.3%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (84.8% support, likely 81.5–88%) | With the majority |
| Spend $150 billion a year for 8 years on roads, bridges, transit, water systems and broadband (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) | August 10, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (80.8% support, likely 76.5–85.2%) | With the majority |
| Increase federal spending on high-tech research and development (U.S. Innovation and Competition Act) | June 8, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.8% support, likely 55.7–65.9%) | With the majority |
| Establish a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol | May 28, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (58.8% support, likely 53.6–63.9%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.6% support, likely 52.3–60.8%) | With the majority |
| Authorize up to $1.9 trillion in COVID relief (American Rescue Plan) | March 6, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (61.2% support, likely 56.1–66.3%) | With the majority |
| Impeach and convict President Trump (January 2021) | February 13, 2021 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (59.4% support, likely 49.8–69%) | Too close to call |
| CARES Act ($2 trillion in coronavirus relief, March 2020) | March 25, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.8% support, likely 87.4–92.2%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for obstruction of Congress | February 5, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (56.9% support, likely 53–60.8%) | With the majority |
| Remove President Trump from office for abuse of power | February 5, 2020 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (57.6% support, likely 53.7–61.5%) | With the majority |
| Build a wall on the southern border | March 14, 2019 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (38.5% support, likely 36.6–40.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.9% support, likely 41.2–48.6%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.1% support, likely 36–46.2%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court | October 6, 2018 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (40.2% support, likely 36.4–44.1%) | With the majority |
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (37.3% support, likely 33.6–40.9%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (50% support, likely 46.2–53.8%) | Too close to call |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (68.9% support, likely 65.3–72.4%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70.7% support, likely 67.2–74.2%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (82.6% support, likely 77.9–87.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (39.4% support, likely 35.6–43.2%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (45.4% support, likely 39.5–51.2%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.8% support, likely 64.2–75.4%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (44.6% support, likely 40.8–48.3%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.8% support, likely 41.9–53.7%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (42.1% support, likely 36.3–48%) | With the majority |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.6% support, likely 78.3–84.9%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (52.2% support, likely 47.9–56.4%) | Too close to call |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81.1% support, likely 77.7–84.5%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.7% support, likely 43.5–51.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54.7% support, likely 48.2–61.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.9% support, likely 60–73.8%) | With the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.7% support, likely 57.4–72%) | With the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69.1% support, likely 65.2–72.9%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (56.1% support, likely 49.6–62.6%) | Too close to call |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (44.6% support, likely 40.5–48.6%) | Against the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (55.6% support, likely 51.5–59.7%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (41.9% support, likely 35.8–48%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (87.9% support, likely 83.3–92.5%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (87.9% support, likely 82.8–93%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.1% support, likely 55.4–62.9%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.6% support, likely 44.6–52.7%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (16.3% support, likely 13.4–19.2%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (65.7% support, likely 61.9–69.5%) | Against the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Yea (against the proposal) | Most oppose (32.7% support, likely 29.1–36.3%) | With the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.8% support, likely 49–56.6%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.9% support, likely 53.7–66.1%) | With the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.6% support, likely 68.1–75.1%) | With the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (46.9% support, likely 42.1–51.6%) | Too close to call |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.2% support, likely 66.8–75.6%) | With the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.2% support, likely 41–53.5%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (60.5% support, likely 56.7–64.4%) | With the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.6% support, likely 44.8–54.5%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (54% support, likely 48–60%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.7% support, likely 46.7–58.7%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (51.1% support, likely 44.9–57.2%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49% support, likely 44.3–53.8%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (77.9% support, likely 72.7–83.2%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.3% support, likely 65.7–80.8%) | With the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (73.1% support, likely 68.7–77.4%) | With the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 22, 2009 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.8% support, likely 57–68.7%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (22.6% support, likely 15.6–29.6%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (26.2% support, likely 18.7–33.6%) | With the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (22.6% support, likely 18.7–26.6%) | With the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (55.3% support, likely 50.5–60%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67.4% support, likely 61.3–73.5%) | Against the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.9% support, likely 57.5–66.3%) | Against the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | December 4, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (41.5% support, likely 36.7–46.2%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (72.6% support, likely 68.4–76.8%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (66.2% support, likely 60.2–72.2%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.8% support, likely 58.2–67.5%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.3% support, likely 60.9–69.8%) | With the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78% support, likely 74.1–81.8%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 119th Congress, Ron Wyden missed 17 of 915 Senate votes (1.9%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 97.1% of the time.