Merkley Monthly: Making major investments in the Port of Coos Bay
The Coos Bay World Transforming the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay into the first fully ship-to-rail port facility on the West Coast is a huge opportunity for Oregon and our coastal communities. This project will create good-paying union jobs and permanent local jobs, increase West Coast port capacity by
Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China
NPR The Biden administration says the prisoners were all wrongfully held and that they are being reunited with their families for the first time in many years. They appear to be part of a prisoner swap. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Three Americans have been freed from prisons in China. The Biden
Wyden, Merkley Announce Nearly $1.2 Million for Ecosystem Restoration in Oregon; National Fish and Wildlife Foundation award will benefit residents and projects along Tillamook River
Tillamook County Pioneer Washington D.C.—U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today announced a federal investment of $1.18 million for the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership to help fix the Burton-Fraser Road along the Tillamook River that is limiting fish passage. “Letting our infrastructure crumble over time to a point where it
Merkley: Trump ‘absolutely’ tried to intimidate Comey
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) told MSNBC on Friday that President Trump’s tweet threatening James Comey with possible “tapes” of their meeting was “absolutely” an attempt to intimidate the former FBI director. Asked by MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace if he agreed with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) that the tweet constituted something more than a bluff, Merkley
Outside Collectors for I.R.S. Are Accused of Illegal Practices
Raid your 401(k). Ask your boss for a loan, load up on your credit cards, or put up your house as collateral by taking out a second mortgage. Those are some of the financially risky strategies that Pioneer Credit Recovery suggested to people struggling to pay overdue federal tax debt.
Dems slam new Senate health care bill as ‘meaner’
Washington (CNN) At a closed-door meeting with senators last week President Donald Trump reportedly called the House’s health care plan “mean,” and now Democrats are taking the President to task for his words, calling the Senate GOP bill “meaner.” “If that bill was mean, this one is downright diabolical” Sen. Jeff Merkley,
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley decries Senate health-care bill as ‘diabolical,’ points out its ‘pregnancy tax’
For weeks, a small group of Republicans in the U.S. Senate have been secretly crafting health-insurance legislation in response to the House of Representatives bill that President Donald Trump recently called “mean.” Now the Senate GOP’s effort is out in the open: the bill wouldn’t repeal the Democrats’ controversial 2010 Affordable Care
Senators seek disaster aid for Oregon fishery
The U.S. senators of Oregon and California have requested the U.S. Department of Commerce issue federal salmon fishery disaster to support economic recovery for coastal communities. In April, the ocean salmon season was called off due to drought in California that resulted in low, warm waters that prompted the growth
U.S. Senate approves resolution honoring MAX attack victims
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley praised the Senate’s unanimous passage Thursday of a joint resolution honoring Oregon’s Rick Best, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Micah David-Cole Fletcher, victims of a May 26 attack on a MAX train in Northeast Portland. Best and Namkai-Meche were fatally stabbed when they clashed
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