Grant County residents will have a chance to ask U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley questions in a virtual town hall on March 3 at 4 p.m. Jessica Keys, Merkley’s Eastern Oregon field representative and natural resources liaison, said a town hall will be held using a technology platform called Webex, allowing
The Senate Democratic takeover and several retirements will make the Appropriations Committee fertile ground over the next two years for some of the sharpest debates over President Biden’s energy and environmental agenda. Nine of 12 subcommittee chairs (cardinals in Washington-speak) will be new party leaders on their respective panels. In
Senators were focused as they considered evidence this week in the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump, according to Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley. “The mood was very somber, and very focused. Virtually all of us had been in that chamber on the day of the assault,” the Democratic
ENTERPRISE — Northeast Oregon is wild, scenic and recreational. If a new bill in the U.S. Senate becomes law, more local streams will officially become Wild, Scenic or Recreational, too. Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Democrats, cosponsored the River Democracy Act of 2021, which would add
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday on ABC News’ “Powerhouse Politics” podcast that if Senate Democrats cannot get 17 Republican votes to impeach former President Donald Trump, a 60-vote censure proposal is a possibility. “It seems extremely difficult if you don’t get two-thirds to convict, can you get 60 to close debate
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has praised President Joe Biden’s latest executive order that seeks to reunite children separated from their migrant families at the border with Mexico under a now-revoked policy instituted by former President Donald Trump. The Oregon Democrat drew national attention to that “zero-tolerance” policy for unauthorized border
LABOR PRESS: 4,000 Americans are dying every day of COVID who didn’t have to die. 10 million are out of work. Global warming is melting the ice caps and contributing to superstorms and terrifying forest fires. We have the worst economic inequality in a century. There’s also a crime wave,
U.S Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are asking the Biden administration to take action against the government of Saudi Arabia for its suspected role in whisking its citizens out of the United States to escape criminal prosecution, renewing their years-long effort that the president’s predecessor rebuffed. “We urge you
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and incoming Chair of the Senate Rules Committee Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that the Senate Democratic majority’s first bill in the new Congress will be Merkley’s For the People Act, comprehensive legislation to strengthen and reform our democracy. The For
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, fresh from his own third-term victory, offered a mix of personal observations and political comments Wednesday, Jan. 20, after he watched Joe Biden take the oath as the nation’s 46th president. Outgoing Republican Donald Trump chose not to attend the ceremony, something Merkley said Trump should
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