{"id":23315,"date":"2025-11-09T20:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=23315"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T01:59:26","slug":"merkley-voting-no-with-every-fiber-of-my-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-voting-no-with-every-fiber-of-my-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: Votando No con cada fibra de mi ser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement announcing he is voting against the bill that funds the government but does not extend the Affordable Care Act\u2019s enhanced premium tax credits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe vote tonight to reopen the government with no deal on health care is a brutal blow to all those who have stood together to save affordable health care for more than 20 million Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI strived to stop this outcome. I will vote \u2018NO\u2019 tonight with every fiber of my being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be sure, the real villain is Trump and Congressional Republicans, who shut down the federal government because they refused to restore health care after they savaged it in their Big Ugly Betrayal of a bill \u2013 all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd in a fit of cruelty unparalleled in recent American history, Trump inflicted maximum pain on Americans by withholding SNAP benefits, canceling thousands of flights, and illegally firing federal workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUsing hungry kids and our most vulnerable families as bargaining chips casts shame on the entire Republican Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump&#8217;s authoritarian tyranny is dismantling our democracy before our eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe only way to stop him is to stand up to him. 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