Dem senator: GOP wants to ‘bury’ Flynn probe
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) says the GOP hopes “to bury” revelations about President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. “We know it’s incredibly difficult to get information out of the Intelligence committees,” he said Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day.” “We’ve seen that through the torture report. They also really desire to bury any
Merkley pide al Fiscal General que nombre un fiscal especial para investigar el escándalo de Flynn
WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, el senador de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, se unió al senador Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) y a los senadores Tom Udall (D-NM), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tom Carper (D-DE), Edward J. Markey ( D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) y Patrick Leahy (D-VT) al llamar en abogado
Senate Democrats praise appeals court decision, urge Trump to reconsider strategy
President Donald Trump and U.S. Senators, mostly Democrats, quickly weighed in on social media after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ unanimous decision to keep an order in place blocking Trump’s controversial travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries. Trump promised another day in court, likely the Supreme Court. Twitter reacts
Los demócratas leen la carta de King en el Senado después de que el Partido Republicano silencia a Warren
Democratic senators on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning read from a letter harshly critical of attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), written by Coretta Scott King in 1986, after Senate Republicans voted to stop Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) from reading the same letter. The Senate on Tuesday night voted
Merkley opposes Sessions as AG, reacts to rebuke
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., took the 2-4 a.m. shift on the Senate floor early Wednesday as Democrats protested the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be the nation’s next attorney general, but a majority of colleagues confirmed President Trump’s choice later in the day. Much of the
Declaración de Merkley sobre la nominación de Jeff Sessions como fiscal general
WASHINGTON, DC – El Senador de Oregon, Jeff Merkley, emitió la siguiente declaración sobre el candidato a Fiscal General, el Senador Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Merkley tomó la palabra de 2 am a 4 am esta mañana para protestar por la nominación de Sessions. “En 1986, Coretta Scott King escribió en una carta al Comité Judicial del Senado que Jeff Sessions