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{{Officeholder
|name=Ed Markey
|image=Markey Ed-092013-18046-0006.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Susan Blumenthal
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
	{{Officeholder/senator
	|state=Massachusetts
	|terms=July 16, 2013 – present
	|preceded=Mo Cowan
	|status=j
	|succeeded=
	}}
	{{Officeholder/representative
	|state=Massachusetts
	|district=5th
	|terms=January 3, 2013 – July 15, 2013
	|preceded=Niki Tsongas
	|former=y
	|succeeded=[[Katherine Clark]]
	}}
	{{Officeholder/representative
	|state=Massachusetts
	|district=7th
	|terms=November 2, 1976 – January 3, 2013
	|preceded=Torbert MacDonald
	|former=y
	|succeeded=Michael Capuano
	}}
	{{Officeholder/state representative
	|state=Massachusetts
	|district=26th
	|terms=January 3, 1973 – November 2, 1976
	|preceded=William R. Callahan
	|former=y
	|succeeded=John C. NcNeil
	}}
}}

'''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 has implicitly made the insane and ridiculous claim that the summer heat was racist since it supposedly disproportionately effected black communities on June 29, 2021.<ref>Holliday, Doc (July 1, 2021) [https://notthebee.com/article/sen-ed-markey-says-summer-heat-specifically-targets-minority-neighborhoods-over-white-neighborhoods-within-cities Balloonhead Sen. Ed Markey says summer heat specifically targets minority neighborhoods over white neighborhoods within cities] ''Not the Bee''. Retrieved July 2, 2021.</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[Image:EdMarkey.jpg|thumb|left|140px]]
While serving in the [[United States House of Representatives]], Markey was a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]].

===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]].

===Green New Deal===
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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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