Jeff está luchando para arreglar nuestro sistema financiero roto y hacer que funcione para las familias de clase media y las pequeñas empresas nuevamente. Jeff es un apasionado de la protección del consumidor y de asegurarse de que las familias comunes estén protegidas contra estafas y esquemas depredadores que amenazan sus bolsillos. Lideró la lucha en Oregón para enfrentarse a los prestamistas depredadores del día de pago. En el Senado de los EE. UU., luchó para crear y fortalecer la Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor, la primera agencia federal con la única misión de velar por los consumidores en sus transacciones financieras diarias.
Merkley, Wicker Launch Bipartisan Effort to Overturn New Limits on Student Loans for Nurses
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a new bill in response to a decision by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that fails to classify post-baccalaureate nursing degrees as “professional degrees,” imposing stricter limits on federal student loans for nurses. The bipartisan
Republican Ballroom Funding Bill “Doesn’t do a Damn Thing” to Help Families – Merkley
Senator Merkley torches the Republican focus on weaponizing reconciliation to fund Trump’s ballroom as families are struggling to pay for groceries, rent, and gas during a press conference on May 12, 2026.
Put Families Ahead of Predatory Payday Lenders – Merkley Calls for Commonsense Guardrails
Senator Jeff Merkley brought a Joint Resolution of Disapproval to the Senate floor to undo the Trump Administration’s industry giveaway to predatory payday lenders and restore critical consumer protections.
CBO Tells Merkley: Trump’s “Golden Dome” Could Cost Taxpayers More Than $1.2 Trillion
CBO Estimates the “Golden Dome” to Cost $1.2 Trillion Over 20 Years, Unable to Project Long Term Cost Due to Lack of Detailed Planning by Department of Defense WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the request of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, the nonpartisan
Merkley, Blumenthal, Van Hollen, Whitehouse, Heinrich, Rosen, Smith, Raskin: CFTC Must Tackle Insider Trading and Corruption on Prediction Markets
Washington, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley led U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Tina Smith (D-MN), as well as U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), in urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to crack
Merkley, Wyden, Democratic Colleagues Demand USPS Uphold Federal Law Over President Trump’s Illegal Executive Order to Restrict Vote by Mail
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 30 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) uphold existing federal law over the executive order signed by President Trump. “The Constitution provides no role for the President in regulating federal
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