Merkley Demands Vote to Block Kennedy Center Demolition
Trump’s allies in the Senate blocked Merkley’s bipartisan bill with Alaska’s U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski to prohibit the demolition of any national memorial to honor a U.S. president—like the Kennedy Center—without an act of Congress on September 28, 2026.
Merkley Forces Senate Vote on Trump’s Arch – Republicans BLOCK Him
Senator Merkley forced a Senate vote to ban federal funding from being used for the planning or construction of Trump’s arch on September 28, 2026. Republicans blocked his bill.
America in Jeopardy – Merkley, Warren, Van Hollen, and Smith Expose Trump’s Corruption
Senators Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Van Hollen, and Tina Smith expose how Trump’s pattern of corruption puts America in jeopardy.
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