“Neither Moral Nor Constitutional” – Merkley SLAMS Trump’s Illegal War
Senator Jeff Merkley outlined why the Senate must act to rein in Trump’s unconstitutional war with Iran on the Senate floor ahead of a vote on his War Powers Resolution.
Markey, Merkley, Hirono Urge Bureau of Prisons to Reverse Policy Banning Gender-Affirming Care
Letter Text (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, along with Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), today wrote to Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General, and William Marshall III,
Merkley, Wyden, Colleagues Demand Federal Agencies Uphold the Law Over Trump’s Unlawful Order Limiting Voting Access
Senators push Social Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security to put the law ahead of bending to Trump’s illegal Executive Order Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 24 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) follow existing federal law over
Declaración de Merkley sobre el proyecto de ley republicano que otorga miles de millones a ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza mientras ignora a las familias de clase media.
Washington, DC — Hoy, el senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (D-OR), miembro de mayor rango del Comité de Presupuesto del Senado, emitió la siguiente declaración después de que los republicanos del Senado publicaran el texto del proyecto de ley que otorgará al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), al Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) y a la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) casi $70 mil millones en
At Merkley’s Request, Independent Government Watchdog Launches Investigation into Trump DOJ’s Handling of the Epstein Files
Washington, D.C. – In response to a request from Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the nonpartisan, independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) has opened an investigation into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) practices in redacting information from the public release of the Epstein Files. “By illegally disregarding the law, the Trump
Merkley: Republican Budget Resolution Ignores the Needs of Working Families
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Resolution that will enable a reconciliation bill to provide up to $140 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and
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