Categoría: In the News

El Seguro Social cambia su política para adaptarse mejor a las personas mayores

16 de agosto de 2016

WASHINGTON – La semana pasada, el senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Oregón, escribió una carta a la comisionada del Seguro Social, Carolyn Colvin, para abordar sus preocupaciones sobre un nuevo sistema que bloquearía el acceso en línea a los beneficios para personas mayores sin un teléfono celular habilitado para texto. La Administración del Seguro Social anunció el lunes que cambiará la política y

The medical debt crisis: The prognosis is still dire for Americans struggling to pay off massive health care bills

August 14, 2016

Recent evidence suggests that the Affordable Care Act is helping to reduce the burden of medical debt for American consumers. Yet, especially in states that have not expanded Medicaid, millions of Americans still lack insurance and many plans offer thin coverage. The result is that in 2014, 64 million people were struggling with medical

Sanders se une a los demócratas que critican a la DEA por la decisión sobre la marihuana

11 de agosto de 2016

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont led a chorus of critics after the Drug Enforcement Administration declined to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes — the latest example of fast-changing politics in the war on drugs. “People can argue about the pluses and minuses of marijuana, but everyone knows it’s not a

Merkley insta a un panel del Senado a confirmar al candidato del EXIM Bank

11 de agosto de 2016

WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley , D-Ore., called on Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Richard Shelby on Thursday to act on strong bipartisan support for the Export-Import Bank by confirming the EXIM Bank Board of Directors nominee to restore the operating quorum. Small businesses across America, including

Merkley a la seguridad social: no espere que las personas mayores tengan teléfonos celulares para enviar mensajes de texto

9 de agosto de 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. – El senador Jeff Merkley, demócrata por Ore., escribió el martes a la comisionada del Seguro Social, Carolyn Colvin, para abordar el nuevo sistema de la Administración del Seguro Social que requiere que las personas mayores que reciben beneficios del Seguro Social tengan un teléfono celular con capacidad para enviar mensajes de texto. para iniciar sesión en sus cuentas en línea. Merkley pidió específicamente

¿Obama ganó las guerras judiciales?

8 de agosto de 2016

President Barack Obama was fired up. He had just revealed his Supreme Court nominee in the Rose Garden, and as he began his next meeting with progressive legal activists in the Roosevelt Room, he couldn’t stop rhapsodizing about his choice to cap his judicial legacy. Merrick Garland was Obama’s kind

Filling the Gender Gap in Portland’s Construction Industry

8 de agosto de 2016

Connie Ashbrook has seen hundreds of women pass through Oregon Tradeswomen Inc.’s (OTI) pre-apprenticeships since she helped found the organization in 1989. One that sticks out in her memory is a 24-year-old student who relocated to Portland, Oregon, all the way from Wyoming because she wanted a career that mixed brain with

Wyden, Merkley: Reanudan el Congreso por la crisis del Zika

5 de agosto de 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined with 39 other Senate Democrats Thursday in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan urging the Republican leaders to immediately call Congress back into session to pass emergency funding legislation to address the

Jeff Merkley: Oregon’s man of the hour

August 3, 2016

Oregon’s progressive U.S. senator is separating himself from the pack in the fight against global warming, housing crisis, political corruption U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley has made a big splash in his eight years in the Senate. One of the Senate’s most progressive lawmakers, he made headlines when he became the

Los cerveceros locales aplauden las disposiciones del senador de Oregón en la fusión de los gigantes cerveceros

21 de julio de 2016

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced several provisions Thursday in Portland that will take some of the bite out of a major beer merger. AB Inbev and SABMiller filed for a merger and that had many craft brewers across the country worried that they would not be