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
El proyecto de ley de derechos civiles es la máxima prioridad para los votantes LGBT, según una nueva encuesta
WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court set to rule in the coming months on marriage equality, the gay rights community already is gearing up for its next big fight: the push for a comprehensive federal nondiscrimination bill. The Human Rights Campaign is out with a new poll Tuesday that shows
Los legisladores estatales y federales se enfocan en las regulaciones de los cigarrillos electrónicos
Prineville and Crook County officials passed ordinances this past year that defined how e-cigarettes would be regulated in the community. Because no federal or state laws governed the sale of the nicotine-based items to minors, local leaders felt it best to restrict them locally in hopes of keeping them out
Merkley visits shuttered Blue Heron Paper Co. mill to highlight need for ‘level playing field’
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) stood in front of the abandoned Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City on Friday to highlight legislation that he introduced Thursday to crack down on unfair trade practices. “The Level the Playing Field in Global Trade Act” would require that new free-trade agreements include enforceable
US Traveler Headed Home After Detainment in East Timor
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A globe-trotting veterinarian will return home six months to the day after she was arrested for being in the wrong car at the wrong time. Stacey Addison, 41, boarded a plane out of East Timor and landed in Singapore, completing the first leg of a trip that
Los senadores quieren que la FDA regule los cigarrillos electrónicos: "Simplemente no han actuado"
EUGENE, Oregon – Los senadores estadounidenses, incluido Jeff Merkley de Oregon, están pidiendo a la FDA que cambie la regulación de los cigarrillos electrónicos. Por teléfono desde Washington, DC, Merkley le dijo a KVAL News que quiere tres cosas para el 25 de abril: Recipientes de nicotina líquida a prueba de niños Restricciones a la venta de nicotina en sabores atractivos
El recorte por discapacidad sería una "sentencia de muerte", dice el jefe del Seguro Social
La falla del Congreso en apuntalar el Fondo Fiduciario del Seguro de Discapacidad del Seguro Social sería una “sentencia de muerte” para sus beneficiarios, dijo el miércoles el comisionado interino de la Administración del Seguro Social. En una audiencia del Comité de Presupuesto del Senado centrada en el fondo, el senador Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) preguntó qué sucedería
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