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 says jobless report ‘a wakeup call’
The national unemployment rate, now at 7.6 percent, has hit a 16-year high according to a U.S. Labor Department Report released Friday. Since January 2008 the nation has seen more than 3.6 million jobs vanish. In December the nation’s employers cut another 598,000 workers from their payrolls in
Wyden, Merkley pledge transparency
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and his former Republican colleague Gordon Smith received loads of positive press for working together on certain bills and even appearing together at some town hall meetings. With Smith gone and a fellow Democrat, Jeff Merkley, in his place, Oregon’s senators have embarked on an even
Merkley on recovery
Jeff Merkley, freshman Democratic senator from Oregon, was a big supporter of Barack Obama last fall, and he’s still a fan. Lately, he’s just been a little concerned. “Folks in key positions at the top of the Obama financial team are more oriented to Wall Street than families,” Merkley said
Merkley will look out for us in Congress
Jeff Merkley is sort of like the U.S. economy: He’s at the bottom, working his way up. In Merkley’s case, the bottom has to do with the U.S. Senate’s seniority system. But being a freshman senator hasn’t curbed his determination to help improve Oregon’s economy. Merkley has a seat at
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