Member of Congress

Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator · OR · Democrat

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

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Jeff Merkley is a U.S. Senator for OR (Democrat) who serves on 18 congressional committees, including as Ranking Member of Senate Committee on the Budget. In FY2026, federal awards worth $61B were performed in Oregon. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Follow the public money trail around this seat: the federal awards performed in Oregon, and the PAC contributions reported to the FEC. Federal work in a state is shown as public context, not a claim about this member’s role in any award.

Federal spending in Oregon · FY2026 · data still posting

Computed
Obligated for work performed here
$61B
Top recipient
Oregon Health Authority-Public Health $16B
Largest award performed here, by total value
Medicaid Entitlement for 45 - Fy 2026 - T19 $14.1B · awarded 2025
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Federal work in this state is shown as public context. It is not a claim about this member’s role in any award. Follow the money, not the corruption.

Committee assignments

Joint Committee on Printing
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Committee on the BudgetRanking Member
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: Department of Interior, Environment, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: Energy and Water Development
↳ Senate Committee on Appropriations: State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
↳ Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory OversightRanking Member
↳ Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
↳ Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Transportation and Infrastructure
↳ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Africa and Global Health Policy
↳ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
↳ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues

PAC contributions received

By election cycle, most recent first.Source

2026 cycle$423,000 from 76 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 23% of it
Advancing Democracy and Mobilization PAC$10,000
Alsopac$10,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CIO Committee on Political Education$10,000
Blue Hen Federal PAC$10,000
D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)$10,000
Defend the Dream$10,000
Forward Together PAC$10,000
Granite Values PAC$10,000
Health Jobs Justice$10,000
I Got Your Back PAC$10,000
Show all 76 PACs
  1. Keystone America PAC$10,000
  2. M-PAC$10,000
  3. Narragansett Bay PAC$10,000
  4. National Rural Letter Carriers' Association Political Action Committee$10,000
  5. Oceans PAC$10,000
  6. Off the Sidelines PAC$10,000
  7. People's Voice PAC$10,000
  8. Purpose PAC$10,000
  9. Rev Up PAC$10,000
  10. Turquoise PAC$10,000
  11. Victory Now PAC$10,000
  12. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$7,500
  13. Cap-PAC Separate Segregated Fund of the National Community Action Foundation Inc$7,500
  14. End Citizens United$7,500
  15. K&l Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)$6,000
  16. A New Direction PAC$5,000
  17. Air Line Pilots Association PAC$5,000
  18. American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$5,000
  19. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC)$5,000
  20. American Association of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee$5,000
  21. American Nurses Association PAC$5,000
  22. Common Ground PAC$5,000
  23. Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers$5,000
  24. Follow the North Star Fund$5,000
  25. Giddy Up PAC$5,000
  26. Hawaii PAC$5,000
  27. Hoops PAC$5,000
  28. IN Our Hands$5,000
  29. Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers$5,000
  30. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$5,000
  31. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$5,000
  32. Mitten PAC$5,000
  33. Motor City PAC$5,000
  34. National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Political Action Com (Narfe-PAC)$5,000
  35. National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$5,000
  36. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$5,000
  37. Perimeter PAC$5,000
  38. Pineapple PAC$5,000
  39. Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PAC$5,000
  40. Smart Solutions PAC$5,000
  41. Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee$5,000
  42. Trinity Industries Employee Political Action Committee (SF) Inc.$5,000
  43. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$5,000
  44. Jstreetpac$4,450
  45. Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC$4,000
  46. Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$3,500
  47. Amalgamated Transit Union - Cope$2,500
  48. American Academy of Physician Associates Political Action Committee (PA PAC)$2,500
  49. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$2,500
  50. Caithness Services PAC$2,500
  51. Nutmeg PAC$2,500
  52. Political Action Committee of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees$2,500
  53. American Ambulance Association Federal PAC (Aka Ambu-PAC)$2,000
  54. National Association of Social Workers Inc. Political Action for Candidate Election (Pace)$2,000
  55. Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$2,000
  56. Asco Association Political Action Committee (Asco Association PAC)$1,500
  57. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund$1,050
  58. Actors' Equity Association Political Action Committee$1,000
  59. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association PAC (Asha PAC)$1,000
  60. Barnes & Thornburg Political Action Committee$1,000
  61. Clean PAC$1,000
  62. Congress Majority PAC$1,000
  63. Humane World Action Fund Political Action Committee$1,000
  64. Mondelez International, Inc. PAC$1,000
  65. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac)$1,000
  66. National Postal Mail Handlers Union - Division of Laborers' Int'l Union of North America$1,000
2024 cycle$44,725 from 14 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 91% of it
Impact$10,000
American Association of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee$5,000
American Nurses Association PAC$5,000
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$5,000
National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$5,000
BACPAC$3,000
American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$2,500
Dulcich Inc Dba Pacific Seafood Group Employee PAC$2,500
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$2,100
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association PAC (Asha PAC)$1,000
Show all 14 PACs
  1. Cap-PAC Separate Segregated Fund of the National Community Action Foundation Inc$1,000
  2. K&l Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)$1,000
  3. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac)$1,000
  4. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC)$625
2022 cycle$13,000 from 7 PACs
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$5,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$2,500
Barnes & Thornburg Political Action Committee$2,000
American Ambulance Association Federal PAC (Aka Ambu-PAC)$1,000
Bhfs-E, PC PAC (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Political Action Committee)$1,000
Society of Thoracic Surgeons Political Action Committee$1,000
American Federation of Govt. Empl. Political Action Committee$500
2020 cycle$599,979 from 120 PACs· the top 10 PACs gave 16% of it
America Works Federal PAC$10,000
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC)$10,000
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$10,000
American Federation of Teachers, Afl-CIO Committee on Political Education$10,000
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$10,000
Common Ground PAC$10,000
First State PAC$10,000
Follow the North Star Fund$10,000
Getting Stuff Done PAC (Gsd-PAC)$10,000
Green Mountain PAC$10,000
Show all 120 PACs
  1. Hoops PAC$10,000
  2. Keystone America PAC$10,000
  3. Lobo PAC$10,000
  4. M-PAC$10,000
  5. Motor City PAC$10,000
  6. Narragansett Bay PAC$10,000
  7. National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Political Action Com (Narfe-PAC)$10,000
  8. National Association of Letter Carriers of U.S.A. Political Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund)$10,000
  9. Nea Fund for Children and Public Education$10,000
  10. Nutmeg PAC$10,000
  11. Oceans PAC$10,000
  12. People's Voice PAC$10,000
  13. Perimeter PAC$10,000
  14. Pineapple PAC$10,000
  15. Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education)$10,000
  16. Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee$10,000
  17. Treasure State PAC$10,000
  18. Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee$10,000
  19. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$10,000
  20. National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC$9,000
  21. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee$9,000
  22. A New Direction PAC$7,500
  23. D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)$7,500
  24. Forward Together PAC$7,500
  25. American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political Action$7,000
  26. Moveon.org Political Action$7,000
  27. Smart Solutions PAC$7,000
  28. Velvet Hammer PAC$5,600
  29. League of Conservation Voters Action Fund$5,095
  30. Reproductive Freedom for All PAC$5,034
  31. All for Our Country Leadership PAC$5,000
  32. American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Political Action Committee$5,000
  33. American Nurses Association PAC$5,000
  34. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union PAC$5,000
  35. Common Sense Colorado$5,000
  36. Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$5,000
  37. Educate and Innovate PAC$5,000
  38. End Citizens United$5,000
  39. Fund for the Majority PAC$5,000
  40. Giddy Up PAC$5,000
  41. Granite Values PAC$5,000
  42. Hawaii PAC$5,000
  43. Indivisible Action$5,000
  44. Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers$5,000
  45. International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$5,000
  46. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$5,000
  47. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee$5,000
  48. Kidspac$5,000
  49. Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC$5,000
  50. Legpac$5,000
  51. National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action Comm$5,000
  52. National Rural Electric Cooperative Association America's Electric Cooperatives PAC$5,000
  53. New Millennium PAC$5,000
  54. Off the Sidelines PAC$5,000
  55. Purpose PAC$5,000
  56. Seeking Justice PAC$5,000
  57. Victory Now PAC$5,000
  58. Google LLC Netpac$4,000
  59. Humane World Action Fund Political Action Committee$4,000
  60. K&l Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)$4,000
  61. The Scotts Miracle-Gro CO Stewardship PAC$3,500
  62. American Optometric Association Political Action Committee$3,000
  63. American Veterinary Medical Association Political Action Committee$3,000
  64. Air Line Pilots Association PAC$2,500
  65. American Medical Association Political Action Committee$2,500
  66. Blue Hen Federal PAC$2,500
  67. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen PAC Fund$2,500
  68. Cap-PAC Separate Segregated Fund of the National Community Action Foundation Inc$2,500
  69. Dulcich Inc Dba Pacific Seafood Group Employee PAC$2,500
  70. Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc. PAC (Everytown PAC)$2,500
  71. Giffords PAC$2,500
  72. Great Lakes PAC$2,500
  73. Human Rights Campaign PAC$2,500
  74. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League$2,500
  75. International Fresh Produce Association Fresh Political Action Committee (Fresh PAC)$2,500
  76. Office and Professional Employees International Union (Opeiu) JB Moss Voice of the Electorate (Vote)$2,500
  77. Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc PAC, Dba Planned Parenthood Federal PAC$2,500
  78. Polsinelli PAC$2,500
  79. Xerox Corporation Political Action Committee (Xpac)$2,500
  80. Allete PAC$2,000
  81. American Federation of Govt. Empl. Political Action Committee$2,000
  82. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association PAC (Asha PAC)$2,000
  83. Florida Sugar Cane League PAC$2,000
  84. National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare PAC$2,000
  85. Sierra Club Political Committee$2,000
  86. National Association of Wheat Growers Political Action Committee (Wheatpac)$1,500
  87. 150PAC.ORG$1,000
  88. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Political Action Committee$1,000
  89. American Academy of Physician Associates Political Action Committee (PA PAC)$1,000
  90. American Association of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee$1,000
  91. American College of Cardiology PAC (Heartpac)$1,000
  92. American College of Physician Services Inc PAC; Aka Acp Services PAC$1,000
  93. American Foreign Service Association Political Action Committee$1,000
  94. Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC$1,000
  95. Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (Apks) Partners Political Action Committee$1,000
  96. Clearway Energy Group LLC PAC$1,000
  97. Dentons US LLP PAC$1,000
  98. Duane Morris Government Committee$1,000
  99. Environment America Inc. Voter Action (Abbv. 'Environment America Voter Action')$1,000
  100. Hobbs Straus Tribal Sovereignty Defense PAC$1,000
  101. Livestock Marketing Association Political Action Committee (LMA-PAC)$1,000
  102. Maximus Inc. Political Action Committee (Maxpac)$1,000
  103. National Association of Postal Supervisors PAC$1,000
  104. Nrdc Action Fund Inc PAC$1,000
  105. Political Action Committee of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees$1,000
  106. Premium Cigar Association Political Action Committee (Premium Cigar PAC)$1,000
  107. Smart TD PAC$1,000
  108. Weyerhaeuser Company Political Action Committee$1,000
  109. Barnes & Thornburg Political Action Committee$500
  110. Jstreetpac$250

contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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