{"id":21657,"date":"2025-02-12T13:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T18:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21657"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:20:11","slug":"merkley-exposes-republican-bait-and-switch-budget-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-exposes-republican-bait-and-switch-budget-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Exposes Republican Bait and Switch Budget Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Merkley Exposes Republican Bait and Switch Budget Proposal\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kDEtwTHOQhI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Merkley\u2019s opening statement at the Budget Committee Markup exposed the Republican budget proposal as a bait and switch. 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