At Town Halls Across the State, Oregonians Tell Merkley That the Ultra Wealthy Need to Pay More to Save Social Security
Merkley Polled Attendees at His Recent Town Halls in Each of Oregon’s 36 Counties on Their Views of How to Prevent Social Security from Going Insolvent As of 2025, Nearly 965,000 Oregonians Receive Social Security Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate
Merkley, Murkowski Secure Commitment to Preserve U.S. Ocean Monitoring Systems
Washington, D.C. – Following public outrage over the dismantling of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced the NSF was pausing its planned removal of the OOI’s sensors. NSF’s decision came after Merkley and Murkowski passed a Senate
King, Merkley, Colleagues Call to Terminate Illegal Plans for “Triumphal Arch”
Key legislators cite federal laws that prohibit construction without congressional approval WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Subcommittee on National Parks, is leading a group of his Congressional colleagues in objecting to the Trump Administration’s proposed plan to illegally construct
Merkley: Ruling to Allow Betting on U.S. Congressional Elections is a Disaster for Democracy
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today issued the following statement after a federal judge refused to pause a decision overturning the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) rejection of a proposal by a private prediction market operator to allow legal gambling on U.S. elections: “When big bets are
RUBIO, MERKLEY INTRODUCE BILL PREVENTING ADVERSARIES FROM U.S. SANCTIONS EVASION
U.S. government agencies have different criteria for sanctioning adversaries and preventing them from engaging in the U.S. economy. Our biggest foreign adversaries, like China, benefit from this lack of interagency coordination, which must come to an immediate end. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Sanctions
Sen. Merkley, Reps. McBath & Brown Reintroduce Legislation to Reduce Class Sizes in School
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, U.S. Representatives Lucy McBath (D-GA-07), and Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) aim to address overcrowded classrooms by reintroducing the Smaller Class Sizes for Students and Educators Act, bold legislation that makes investments to address overcrowded classrooms and set students up for success. Research shows
Whitehouse, Merkley, Raskin, Beyer & 62 Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Finalize Strict Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Don Beyer (D-VA) led a letter from 66 members of Congress calling on the Biden Administration to finalize strict rules for the Section 45V Tax Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen that
Merkley y Wyden anuncian una inversión federal de $9.4 millones para combatir la amenaza de incendios forestales en Oregón.
Washington, D.C. – Los senadores estadounidenses de Oregón, Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden, anunciaron hoy que se destinarán 9,4 millones de dólares a Oregón para reducir la amenaza de incendios forestales en zonas de alto riesgo en todo el estado. El Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) invertirá directamente 9.422.722 dólares en tres bosques nacionales de Oregón para tratar áreas de...
Warren y Merkley publican un nuevo informe sobre el alivio de la deuda estudiantil de Biden-Harris: ¿Quién se beneficia realmente de la cancelación de la deuda estudiantil?
La nueva norma beneficiará desproporcionadamente a los prestatarios de ingresos bajos y medios, a las personas mayores, a las mujeres y a los prestatarios negros. Texto del informe (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Hoy, los senadores estadounidenses Elizabeth Warren (demócrata por Massachusetts) y Jeff Merkley (demócrata por Oregón) publicaron un nuevo informe de 29 páginas, "¿Quién se beneficia realmente de la cancelación de la deuda estudiantil?", que examina el impacto de la administración Biden-Harris.
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