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 Calls on Attorney General to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Flynn Scandal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senators 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), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in calling on Attorney
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
Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor After GOP Silences 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
Merkley Statement on Jeff Sessions’ Nomination as Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Merkley held the floor from 2am to 4am this morning to protest Sessions’ nomination. “In 1986, Coretta Scott King wrote in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Jeff Sessions
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