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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

WYDEN, MERKLEY, HOYLE ANNOUNCE $16.6 MILLION TO OREGON

KQEN On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Val Hoyle announced $16.6 million in federal funds for Oregon habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects have been made available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. Wyden said, “Salmon, fishing and our beautiful outdoors are

Senate Dems eye pre-election stock trading ban vote

Axios Senate Democrats pushing a bipartisan ban on stock trading for lawmakers are eyeing a vote on the bill before the November election, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Banning members of Congress from stock trading is one of the most popular policy proposals for American voters. The big picture: Banning members from stock trading is

Sens. Merkley and Wyden and Rep. Blumenauer urge VA to expand care to medical cannabis 

Oregon Capital Chronicle U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley wants veterans to receive access to medical cannabis through Veterans Affairs clinics and hospitals.  Merkley, D-Oregon, led a left-leaning independent and seven other Democratic senators, including Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, in sending a letter late last week to Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, urging

Oregon to get nearly $200 million from feds to fight climate change and pollution

Oregonlive Oregon will receive $197 million from the federal government to build more electric-vehicle charging stations, incentivize homebuilders to install heat pumps and reduce methane emitted from landfills, among other measures designed to target climate change and pollution, state and federal officials said Monday. The money is coming through a grant

Merkley, Senators Urge VA to Expand Access to Medical Cannabis for America’s Veterans

The Skanner Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led his colleagues—including Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV)—in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Denis McDonough urging

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