Wyden, Merkley join rally as Eugene-area postal workers picket
The Register-Guard Postal workers, letter carriers and Oregon’s U.S. senators spoke outside the Local Processing Center in Springfield on Tuesday as part of a national day of action to protest consolidation in the Postal Service and advocate for the American Postal Workers Union as it negotiates its contract. Delivering for America The
Senator Merkley blasts court ruling lifting pause on election betting markets
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following statement Wednesday after a federal appeals court lifted a temporary freeze on election betting markets, a ruling that he said will immediately allow legal gambling on U.S. elections while the final verdict in the lawsuit is decided. The suit is
Your car knows more than you think: New law seeks to end data grab
KRON 4 The car is a trusty sidekick for many of us—taking us to work, the store, and maybe a weekend escape. But as U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley points out, it’s become much more: a mobile data-harvesting machine. His new legislation, the Car Privacy Rights Act, aims to pump the brakes on this
Oregon Senators Introduce New Smoke Legislation
It’s not smoky in the region as June comes to a close, but we should probably add the word “yet.” Summer has featured a great deal of wildfire and smoke in recent years, and we’re all bracing for more. Oregon’s two U.S. Senators introduced new legislation recently to provide more help to
Merkley bill targets prescription drug price gouging
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was joined by Reps. Peter Welch (D-VT-AL) and Francis Rooney (R-FL-19) on Wednesday in introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation they said would ensure Americans do not pay more for prescription drugs than people do in other developed countries. The lawmakers said their measure would help to address a top concern
Jeff Merkley talks Trump, Mueller and making Congress work again
Earlier this year, Jeff Merkley did something that’s become pretty rare for a high-profile Democrat: He announced that he would not be running for president. The junior senator from Oregon had been mentioned as a possible contender after making a name for himself as a vocal opponent of the Trump
SEN. MERKLEY PIDE UNA INVESTIGACIÓN FORMAL DEL PRESUNTO ABANDONO INFANTIL EN LA FRONTERA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released a statement on Thursday indicating that he is calling for a formal investigation of conditions for children in facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border. The statement follows reports from Border Station Clint in El Paso, Texas that found children being held in
Democrats Confront the Horror at the Border
L ast week, a group of lawyers visited a remote Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, that was designed for the temporary detention of about 100 adult migrants. What they found were some 250 children in appalling conditions. Several were sick and in quarantine; others had lice. Very young children had been
Merkley addresses ‘big issues’ facing U.S.
US Senator Jeff Merkley opened his town hall in The Dalles June 15, with three big issues facing the nation that he said keep him up at night: Corruption, underinvestment and carbon pollution. Speaking at the Fort Dalles Readiness Center, Merkley said corruption was growing. “We have a massive amount
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