{"id":22945,"date":"2025-07-17T17:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22945"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:58:40","slug":"republicans-killed-merkley-amendment-to-save-the-u-s-institute-of-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/republicans-killed-merkley-amendment-to-save-the-u-s-institute-of-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Killed Merkley Amendment to Save the U.S. Institute of Peace"},"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=\"Republicans Killed Merkley Amendment to Save the U.S. Institute of Peace\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVlvi7BODVQ?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>Senator Merkley gave a brief history of USIP\u2019s bipartisan origins and offered an amendment to save the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) from the devastating rescissions package that Trump and Republicans rammed through the Senate. 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