{"id":24455,"date":"2026-04-23T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=24455"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:44:11","slug":"merkley-republican-budget-resolution-ignores-the-needs-of-working-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-republican-budget-resolution-ignores-the-needs-of-working-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley: Republican Budget Resolution Ignores the Needs of Working Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Resolution that will enable a reconciliation bill to provide up to $140 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cDuring an all-night vote-a-rama, Democrats offered amendment after amendment to correct the course of this bill and meet the needs of working families. From amendments that would bring down the cost of groceries, gas, and utility bills to banning hedge funds from buying up single family homes\u2014every single time\u2014Republicans voted to block them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cRepublicans are so hellbent on passing a bill to give up to $140 billion to ICE and Border Patrol\u2014 agencies that were already funded at multiple times their former budget last year\u2014that they are ignoring the needs of working Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThis isn\u2019t over, and as Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, I will fight this bill every step of the way to ensure we are enacting policies where families can thrive and Trump\u2019s lawless agencies are held to account,\u201d<\/strong> said Ranking Member Jeff Merkley. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass their Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Resolution that will enable a reconciliation bill to provide up to $140 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 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