Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley held a Town Hall-style meeting near his hometown in Douglas County Saturday morning. The Democrat was greeted by a crowd of supporters celebrating a victory for the Affordable Care Act. About 300 people cheered from gym bleachers during Senator Jeff Merkley’s town hall at Umpqua Community College in
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after reports that House leaders are again cancelling today’s vote on the American Health Care Act, or “TrumpCare,” because the bill lacks the support to pass: “Following today’s TrumpCare failure, it’s time for Republicans to cease and desist in
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its scoring of the American Health Care Act, or “Trumpcare:” “Now we know why Republicans worked so hard to hide the truth about their bill. This report by the non-partisan CBO, whose
Both U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are bringing guests to the capitol tonight who benefited from the Affordable Care Act, which Republicans are moving to repeal. President Donald Trump has said he will offer “something special” during his address to a joint session of Congress about his health care overhaul efforts. He has called
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after President Donald J. Trump’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: “In President Trump’s speech tonight we heard the exact same things that we have heard so many times before: vague, nice sounding campaign-style promises of what he
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced that at President Trump’s speech tomorrow to a Joint Session of Congress, he will bring as his guest an Oregonian who owes her life and the life of her son to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Marlene Barbera and her son Maximilian were
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-sponsoring a bill that would repeal the Mexico City Policy, an anti-abortion measure reinstated by President Donald Trump that threatens to strip funding from healthcare providers around the world. Trump is the first president to expand the policy, known as
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on Health and Human Services nominee Congressman Tom Price. Price’s nomination is currently being considered on the Senate floor. “If confirmed, Tom Price would be America’s 23rd Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he would be the first
Washington, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970’s. The bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley are cosponsoring a bipartisan bill to bring key health care benefits to “Atomic Veterans” exposed to high levels of harmful radiation when assigned to clean up nuclear testing sites during the late 1970s. The bipartisan Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act –
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