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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

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

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

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