Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
There’s A New Front In The Battle Over The Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has taken a drubbing from all directions during the presidential campaign, will not get a vote before the election. But as Congress returns to Capitol Hill from a seven-week break, the battle over the TPP continues. The fight has been given renewed urgency by revelations about the
Sanders, Merkley back McConnell decision to skip TPP vote
Two Senate Democrats said Friday they support a decision by Majority Leader Mitch McConnellto forgo a vote on a sweeping Pacific Rim trade agreement this year. Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) applauded McConnell for saying this week that he won’t give the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) a vote this year and would instead
Mayor Stevie Burden thanks congressional delegation for help in spurring reopening of Wheeler Post Office
WHEELER, Ore. – More than seven months after it closed due to flood damage, the Wheeler Post Office reopened with a little help from Oregon’s congressional delegation. “Sen. (Jeff) Merkley (D-Oregon) called (the U.S. Postal Service) to find out when it would open, and, 10 days later, we had a post
How Predatory Payday Lenders Plot to Fight Government Regulation
Months before a federal agency proposed a new rule threatening the profits of exploitative payday lenders across America, the industry’s leaders gathered at a posh resort in the Bahamas to prepare for war. At the March strategy session, Gil Rudolph of Greenberg Traurig, one of several law firms working with the lenders,
Editorial: Social Security should get the message
We’d think the Social Security Administration would be senior-savvy. It recently revealed it is not. On July 30, Social Security rolled out a new safeguard for users of its “my Social Security” accounts. Those are online accounts for doing things such as reviewing benefits, changing address or changing the location
Social Security changes policy to better accommodate seniors
WASHINGTON – Last week, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., wrote a letter to Social Security Commissioner Carolyn Colvin to address his concerns over a new system that would block online access to benefits for seniors without a text-enabled cellphone. The Social Security Administration announced Monday they will change the policy and
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