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
Merkley visits after-school program, helps solve homework debate
“If I were the senator and I had homework, I would choose just one piece of homework, one day a week,” says Macen Richards, a third-grade student at Hiteon Elementary School. When U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley visits and asks the students what kinds of changes they’d like to see at
Bill banning ‘crush videos,’ co-written by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, headed to President Obama’s desk
A bill that’s bounced between the U.S. House and the Senate that bans videos depicting the torture and killing of animals is headed towards becoming federal law. The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, co-sponsored by Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley, is on its way to President Obama, who’s likely
Sen. Jeff Merkley, small business reps oppose tax breaks for wealthiest
WASHINGTON — Swimming against the political tide, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley — backed by a group of small business leaders — argued Wednesday for allowing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans to expire while extending them for people of more modest incomes. Allowing tax breaks for the wealthiest 2 percent
Merkley applauds news EPA requirements for bigger vehicles
WASHINGTON, DC — On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the first national gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses. The EPA said the new standards, set to start in 2014, will save an estimated 500 million barrels of
Senators seek to halt foreclosures
A group of Democratic senators are calling for JPMorgan Chase and Ally Financial to halt their foreclosure operations just hours after Bank of America, the country’s largest bank holding company, announced it would freeze its foreclosures in all 50 states indefinitely. Bank of America’s decision Friday came on the heels
Merkley calls for investigation against Ally Financial
It was only time before the handling of foreclosures by loan providers made it to the political arena. And it looks like U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will be leading the push. Merkley sent a letter today to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
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