Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor to break the impasse and immediately reopen the government by passing a one-year extension of tax credits folks rely on for affordable ACA health care coverage.
Senator Jeff Merkley took to the Senate floor to protest President Trump’s cruel decision to withhold the SNAP benefits families count on.
Senator Merkley calls out Trump for defying the law to deny vital SNAP benefits to American children and seniors.
Senator Merkley held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to protest Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover. WATCH SENATOR MEKRLEY’S FULL MARATHON SPEECH: Part 1: https://youtube.com/live/bE37g0mkpEo?feature=share Part 2: https://youtube.com/live/ymDt1XecYfI?feature=share Part 3: https://youtube.com/live/BPJcq9uT2Tc?feature=share
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley discusses his 22 hour and 37 minute floor speech on Morning Joe. Merkley held the floor overnight to ring the alarm bells about Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the country. Full statement: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-holds-senate-floor-for-22-hours-37-minutes-to-ring-the-alarm-bells-of-trumps-authoritarianism/
Senator Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about the Trump Administration’s attempts to incite violence to justify Trump tightening his authoritarian grip.
Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) discuss their report which details obstacles to delivering badly needed humanitarian aid to Gaza and demands an end to U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu government’s campaign of destruction and deprivation in Gaza. Full Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQBx9SDi2wU
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted down Merkley’s bill to publicly release all files relating to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates: “What do Senate Republicans have to hide? After promising transparency for the American people, accountability for individuals
Read more about Senator Merkley’s Epstein Files Transparency Act: https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-lujan-demand-public-release-of-epstein-files/
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressional Equality Caucus Chair Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39), Congressional Equality Caucus Vice Chair & House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) filed an amicus brief to urge the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban
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