Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, joined four other Democratic members of Congress at a remote tent city in West Texas that is holding immigrant teens. They say that 2,700 immigrant teens are being held there at a cost of roughly $1 million per day. Merkley, who made headlines earlier this year
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Sens. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), announced Tuesday the introduction of bipartisan legislation that would halt the predatory practice of mailing high-interest loans to consumers in the form of “live” checks. When consumers receive these loan checks, the senators said, many unknowingly believe
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), along with Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Kamala Harris (D-CA), introduced a bill Thursday to provide transit authorities with zero-interest loans to purchase electric buses. The lawmakers said in a news release that such a move is
Two leading Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced a bill intended to prevent members of Congress from trading stocks in industries tied to their legislative work. The measure would ban members of Congress and senior staff from buying or selling individual stocks while in office. Members would also be barred from
Recent investing scandals involving members of Congress have prompted two Democrat senators to push a Draconian legislative proposal: a total ban on U.S. lawmakers trading any stocks at all. Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Sherrod Brown of Ohio said the prohibition would prevent lawmakers from abusing their positions for
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced a bill Thursday that he said would ensure Americans do not pay more for prescription drugs than people do in other developed countries, helping to address a top concern among Oregonians and Americans who time and time again are facing the impossible choice between affording prescription
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced a Senate resolution Tuesday outlining key findings of the recent Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change report and last week’s National Climate Assessment and urging immediate action to address the problem. The resolution affirms the
Young Klamath Basin suckers have not made it to adulthood living in Upper Klamath Lake since the early 1990s. A summit focused on the endangered fish’s survival — organized by Sen. Jeff Merkley at Oregon Tech on Friday — hopes to identify ways to change that, with the goal of
KLAMATH FALLS, OR – Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday hosted a science summit, the Sucker Recovery Summit, to share updates on the health of the species and to discuss possible short-term options to help the Lost River (C’waam) and shortnose (Koptu) suckers survive until long-term solutions take effect.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — More than 100 people gathered in an Oregon Tech. room in Klamath falls Thursday to try to determine the future of two fish species: the Shortnose and Lost River Suckers. Populations of the suckers are dwindling– so much so that Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said there are
English 
Spanish