WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., demanded Thursday that the Trump administration reverse course on a proposed rule change that threatens to take away Oregon Health Plan benefits and coverage from one in five Oregonians who currently rely on the program. The new rule proposes significant funding cuts to
It isn’t easy to get politicians from the two main U.S. political parties to agree on much. One common area, however, is often U.S. policy toward China, and today a bipartisan group of American lawmakers released a letter nominating Hong Kong’s pro-democracy moment for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The
PORTLAND — Federal crop insurance for hemp is coming this year, though questions remain about what exactly will be covered under the new policies. Ben Thiel, Northwest regional director for the USDA Risk Management Agency, said rates for crop insurance are calculated using hard data such as market prices and
A group of 15 Democratic senators wrote to 11 major banks last week asking them to ban funding oil and gas drilling or exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “The scale of your banks’ assets individually, let alone together, give you the ability to drive change in protecting the Arctic
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the international coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Merkley and Young serve as the top Senators on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee that oversees multilateral institutions,
WASHINGTON — It has been a unique and interesting week for Sen. Jeff Merkley. The Democratic senator from Oregon spoke with reporters via conference call Thursday morning to pull back the curtain on what it is like being a senator during an impeachment trial. Senators have been asked to absorb
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR, described the impeachment trial of President Trump as a possible “travesty” during a call with reporters on Thursday, if Senate Republicans vote to exclude new evidence from the process. “The Senate really is on trial. If it fails to access documents and witnesses this does not
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley say President Donald Trump must do more to stop Saudi Arabia from helping Saudi fugitives escape the U.S. criminal justice system. In a release Friday, both senators shared details of a newly declassified FBI document. In the document, the FBI concludes the
According to a newly released and declassified eight-page memo from the FBI, the government of Saudi Arabia “almost certainly” helps its citizens accused of serious crimes flee from the United States. Most of the document is redacted, but the FBI said the Saudi government “undermines the U.S. judicial process” by assisting with
Before Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley took questions from the audience at the Madras Performing Arts Center on Jan. 4, he sat down with the Pioneer and Warm Springs radio station KWSO for a few minutes. He also had a closed-door session with local elected officials. When asked how he
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