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Warren, Merkley Release New Report on Biden-Harris Student Debt Relief: Who Really Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation?

September 11, 2024

New rule will disproportionately help low- and middle-income borrowers, seniors, women, and Black borrowers. Text of Report (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released a new 29-page report, Who Really Benefits from Student Debt Cancellation?, examining the impact of the Biden-Harris administration’s

DURBIN, PALLONE, MERKLEY LEAD AMICUS BRIEF URGING SUPREME COURT TO SUPPORT FDA’S PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY AND ACTIONS TO REGULATE E-CIGARETTES

September 3, 2024

During its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear FDA’s appeal of a Fifth Circuit decision that struck down the agency’s denials of applications from an e-cigarette manufacturer WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member

Dems Urge CFTC To Finalize Elections Trading Ban

August 5, 2024

Law360 A group of Democratic lawmakers urged the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday to finalize and implement its proposed rule to ban trading on the outcome of elections. In May, a divided CFTC voted to approve a proposed rule, which doubled down on its contested position that this activity is illegal gambling.

Merkley: Postmaster General DeJoy’s ‘Delaying Mail for America’ Plan is Wrong for Oregon

July 31, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley delivered a speech this week on the Senate floor to call attention to the urgent United States Postal Service (USPS) issues impacting Oregonians. His speech focused on the first-hand stories of Oregonians who rely on the Postal Service for everything from the

Senator Merkley Slams USPS Delays and Downgrades on Senate Floor

July 30, 2024

Senator Merkley spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor on Monday, July 29, 2024, about recent USPS downgrades that delay and degrade service for folks in Oregon and across the country.

Merkley, Wyden Join Effort to Restore the Chevron Doctrine Following MAGA Supreme Court Ruling

July 26, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined the recently introduced Stop Corporate Capture Act after the Supreme Court—stacked with Trump-appointed justices—overturned the 40-year-old Chevron doctrine. The bill codifies Chevron deference and strengthens the rulemaking process to block corporations from hijacking our government. “This MAGA Supreme

Wyden and Merkley Support HHS Proposal to Make Data Collection on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity More Inclusive in Electronic Health Records

June 28, 2024

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., today highlighted their support for a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to update national standards in electronic health record systems to include preferred names and pronouns, and to record a patient’s sex parameter for clinical

Wyden, Merkley Join Legislation to Expand Pell Grant Awards and Make Higher Education More Accessible

June 27, 2024

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced today they’ve co-sponsored legislation that would nearly double the Pell Grant maximum award, index the maximum award for inflation, and make other changes to expand the award for working students and families. The Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act

Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Call on Postal Service to Prepare for Upcoming Election

June 27, 2024

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he is leading Senate colleagues including U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide. “In 2020, the

Wyden, Merkley Press Navient to Cancel Loans of Borrowers Scammed by Fraudulent, For-Profit Colleges and Servicer Misconduct

June 5, 2024

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined seven colleagues in urging student loan servicer Navient to cancel decades-old private student loans pushed onto borrowers attending fraudulent, for-profit colleges. “We write to urge the Navient Corporation to cancel the decades-old, predatory student loans