U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, is on the ground in Bangladesh this weekend to meet with some of the more than 500,000 refugees who have fled what the United Nations described as a “textbook ethnic cleansing” in their home country of Myanmar. “You have an assault by
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are seeking federal money to help the Ports of Hood River and Cascade Locks, which suffered a combined $228,000 in lost bridge toll revenue during the Eagle Creek wildfire. The Oregon Democrat senators sent a letter Monday to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
The Democratic congressional delegation from Oregon today told the U.S. Department of Justice to stop bullying the state by threatening to withhold federal funds if Oregon doesn’t dismantle policies that bar local officials from aiding the feds in immigration-related investigations. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined U.S. Reps.
PORTLAND, Ore. – Some “dreamers” had their Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program renewals rejected because of a U.S. Postal Service delay, and lawmakers urged the Department of Homeland Security to accept the applications. Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined several other senators in calling on the
President Donald Trump’s rumored pick to temporarily head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a conservative budget-cutter who once called the agency a “sick, sad” joke. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is, according to reports from Bloombergand CNN, under consideration to become interim director of the federal government’s consumer
Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter DeFazio are urging the Trump administration not to pursue a request to review mineral withdrawals from the past eight years — including one in Southwestern Oregon. Wyden, Merkley and DeFazio wrote to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and US
LGBT rights advocates, mothers of transgender children and congressional Democrats joined forces at a rally Tuesday before the U.S. Capitol to stand against the confirmation of Jeff Mateer to the federal judiciary, urging President Trump to withdraw the nomination. The nomination of Mateer to a federal judgeship in Texas has
A 10-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy was detained on her way to receive a gallbladder surgery on October 24, due to her apprehension for being an undocumented immigrant. According to a United States Senate News Release, this incident took place en route to Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi,
(CNN) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the White House’s senior environmental adviser told a Senate committee Wednesday that controversial comments she made, including comparing the belief in global warming to paganism, were taken out of context but added there could have been some mistakes in her writings. CNN’s
Kathleen Hartnett White stammered, sighed and sat silent for seconds on end on Wednesday throughout her Senate hearing to be confirmed as the new head of the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. It was an unusually tongue-tied performance for someone who has been a bombastic critic of climate and
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