{"id":21764,"date":"2025-03-14T18:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21764"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:54:01","slug":"merkley-wont-give-in-to-bullies-voted-against-republicans-dangerous-government-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wont-give-in-to-bullies-voted-against-republicans-dangerous-government-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: Won\u2019t Give in to Bullies, Voted Against Republicans\u2019 Dangerous Government Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement&nbsp;after the Senate considered&nbsp;Republicans\u2019 Continuing Resolution to fund the government until September 30:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t stop a bully by giving him your lunch money, and you don\u2019t stop tyrant Trump by giving him more power. 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