Merkley to Congress: Fight for government by and for the people—not by and for elites and oligarchs.
Senator Merkley spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to outline the corrupting force of dark money in our elections since the Citizens United Supreme Court decision and to chart a path toward disclosure and getting dark money out of our electoral process.
Merkley: Interior Bill is a “Step Toward Congress Reclaiming its Constitutional Power of the Purse”
Senator Merkley spoke on the Senate floor about the Interior appropriations bill and the importance of Congress reclaiming its ‘Power of the Purse.’
Merkley Leads Bipartisan Push to Tell the Truth about January 6
Senator Merkley led a bipartisan push to display a plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line to defend our Capitol and our “We the People” government on January 6, 2021, after Speaker of the House Mike Johnson refused to do so.
Senator Merkley Introduces the Equality Act
On Thursday, July 23, 2015, forty Senators, led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT Americans.
Members of Congress Introduce Historic, Comprehensive LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill
Members of Congress gather in the Senate’s Lyndon B. Johnson room with advocacy leaders and LGBT Americans who have suffered discrimination to announce the introduction of historic legislation to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in federal law.
Loan Shark Week: A Vortex of Debt
In honor of “Shark Week,” Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley released a whiteboard video to urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to crack down on predatory payday lending and prevent loan sharks from trapping American families in a vortex of debt.
Merkley: Trade Deals Should Protect Americans’ Right to Know How their Food is Made
Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley discusses how trade affects our food and Country of Origin Labeling laws
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