Ed Markey

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Ed Markey is a longtime Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts known for his leadership on climate and environmental policy, including co-authoring the Green New Deal.

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instanceOf United States senator
human
politician
birthName Edward John Markey NERFINISHED
coAuthorOf Green New Deal resolution NERFINISHED
committeeMembership Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation NERFINISHED
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works NERFINISHED
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1946-07-11
defeatedPrimaryChallenger Joe Kennedy III NERFINISHED
educatedAt Boston College NERFINISHED
Boston College Law School NERFINISHED
electedToUSSenateInSpecialElection 2013
familyName Markey NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Edward
hasSignatureIssue climate justice
environmental justice
ideology progressive Democrat
introducedLegislation Green New Deal resolution in the U.S. Senate
knownFor environmental policy advocacy
leadership on climate policy
technology and telecommunications policy
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
name Ed Markey NERFINISHED
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Malden, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
policyFocus clean energy
climate change mitigation
consumer protection
net neutrality
positionHeld United States representative NERFINISHED
United States senator
precededInOfficeBy John Kerry NERFINISHED
ranForReelectionToSenate 2020
religion Roman Catholicism
representedHouseDistrict Massachusetts 5th congressional district NERFINISHED
Massachusetts 7th congressional district NERFINISHED
represents Massachusetts NERFINISHED
residence Malden, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
senatorFrom Massachusetts NERFINISHED
servedInUSHouseFrom 1976
servedInUSHouseUntil 2013
spouse Susan Blumenthal NERFINISHED
spouseOccupation physician
startTimeAsUSSenator 2013-07-16
workedWith Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez NERFINISHED

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