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'''Edward Markey''', born July 11, 1946 (age {{age|1946|7|11}}), a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was [[United States Representative]] from Massachusetts's 7th District from 1976 to 2013. One of the more liberal members of the House, Markey was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with about 70 other [[Democratic]] Representatives.
|name=Ed Markey
|image=Markey Ed-092013-18046-0006.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Susan Blumenthal
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
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|state=Massachusetts
|terms=July 16, 2013 – present
|preceded=Mo Cowan
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|state=Massachusetts
|district=5th
|terms=January 3, 2013 – July 15, 2013
|preceded=Niki Tsongas
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Katherine Clark]]
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{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Massachusetts
|district=7th
|terms=November 2, 1976 – January 3, 2013
|preceded=Torbert MacDonald
|former=y
|succeeded=Michael Capuano
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{{Officeholder/state representative
|state=Massachusetts
|district=26th
|terms=January 3, 1973 – November 2, 1976
|preceded=William R. Callahan
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'''Edward John Markey''', born July 11, 1946 (age {{age|1946|7|11}}), a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was [[United States Representative]] from Massachusetts's 7th District from 1976 to 2013. One of the more liberal members of the House, Markey was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with about 70 other [[Democratic]] Representatives.
Markey, who proposes shutting down the U.S. oil and gas industry and jobs with the Green New Deal, has accepted foreign campaign contributions from [[Burisma]] oil and gas and voted to give money [[Ukraine]] to increase oil and gas production.<ref>https://video.foxnews.com/v/6094578904001/#sp=show-clips</ref>
Markey, who proposes shutting down the U.S. oil and gas industry and jobs with the Green New Deal, has accepted foreign campaign contributions from [[Burisma]] oil and gas and voted to give money [[Ukraine]] to increase oil and gas production.<ref>https://video.foxnews.com/v/6094578904001/#sp=show-clips</ref>
==Senate==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[Image:EdMarkey.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
===ACORN===
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to defund ACORN, 345-75 on September 17, 2009. Seventy-five Democrats [Markey] stood with [[ACORN]] and voted no.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/House-votes-to-cut-off-ACORN-funding-59647917.html House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Washington Examiner, September 17, 2009]</ref> This despite nationwide attention related to voter fraud and recent revelation of ACORN's ties to prostitution including child trafficking and defrauding the IRS.
==U.S. Senate==
Markey was elected the [[Senate]] in 2013 over moderate [[Republican]] [[Gabriel Gomez]] in 2013 to replace [[John Kerry]], who had been nominated as [[Secretary of State]].
Markey was elected the [[Senate]] in 2013 over moderate [[Republican]] [[Gabriel Gomez]] in 2013 to replace [[John Kerry]], who had been nominated as [[Secretary of State]].
:{{Main article|Green New Deal}}
:{{Main article|Green New Deal}}
Markey was a an enthusiastic supporter of the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]] from the day it was introduced, February 7, 2019.
Markey was a an enthusiastic supporter of the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]] from the day it was introduced, February 7, 2019.
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