Members of Congress / Christopher Murphy

MURPHY, Christopher, a Representative from Connecticut; born in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., August 3, 1973; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1996; attended Exeter College, Oxford, England, 1994-1995; J.D., University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., 2002; lawyer, private practice; Southington, Conn., planning and zoning commission, 1997-1999; member of the Connecticut state house of representatives, 1999-2003; member of the Connecticut state senate, 2003-2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress (January 3, 2007-present). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, Connecticut (Dist. 5), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.

See how Christopher Murphy voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Christopher Murphy has missed 16 votes (1.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Christopher Murphy has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 97.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Murphy did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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