Senator Jeff Merkley
@SenJeffMerkley
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Dad, runner, filibuster reformer. U.S. Senator from Oregon.
Oregon
Joined April 2009
Tulsi Gabbard—who peddles conspiracy theories and panders to Putin and Assad—is the wrong choice for Director of National Intelligence. Her lies are disqualifying. I voted NO.
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RT @SenateBudget: .@SenJeffMerkley: The Republican budget proposal isn’t about government of, by, and for the people—it's about government…
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During markup, committee members of both parties have the chance to offer amendments—ways to make the budget work better for our communities. I’m offering amendments to support families in Oregon and around the country. Let’s see how Republicans respond.
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I joined Senate colleagues in calling out these cuts out as illegal, and the law is on our side. We will keep pushing to get funding flowing again to the programs folks in Oregon and across the country count on.
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Staffing shortages in National Parks will lead to closed visitor centers, dangerously slow emergency response times, dirty facilities—and even park closures. @SecretaryBurgum: we need ACTION on this irresponsible staffing shortage. Keep our parks open!
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I cosponsored the Right to Contraception Act because Republicans have made it clear that they’re on a crusade to criminalize access to reproductive care like birth control. Birth control is essential health care.
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Head Start programs across Oregon—and across the country—can’t pay their teachers and staff to keep helping kids because of Russ Vought and Trump’s illegal funding cuts. This is a threat to children and families. @RonWyden and I are demanding answers.
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Musk and his Musk rats are scheming with Russ Vought to gut the agency that protects the money in YOUR wallet from the scammers. It's another Trump attack on families. Totally wrong.
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For the 1,200 schools across Oregon that provide breakfast and lunch to students, I voted NO on Russ Vought. Republicans gaveled us down, but that doesn’t change the truth: Vought and Trump’s illegal cuts are hurting people.
Here’s EVERY SINGLE TIME the Senate Republicans tried to gavel us down while we stood to Vote No and tell them exactly how Americans would be hurt by Trump’s nomination of Russell Vought for OMB.
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RT @SenateBudget: Ranking Member @SenJeffMerkley: "The Republican budget resolution is a bait and switch. They claim it's about border secu…
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RT @211info: Multilingual post. Call 211: Interpreters available by phone. Visit for a list of current warming she…
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A picture’s worth a thousand words. Here are two: fire him.
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Trump’s anti-trans sports ban threatens every girl who plays sports. Girls who are stronger, faster, or taller are now exposed to the humiliation of proving their gender. Local orgs have rules in place to make competition fair and safe—it's not a role for federal government.
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Republicans pushed through Trump’s most dangerous nominee: Russ Vought. But this isn’t the end of the fight. As top Democrat on @SenateBudget, I will hold Russ accountable at every turn.
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TUNE IN: I’m speaking on the Senate floor about how Democrats worked together to oppose Radical Russ Vought, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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RT @SenateBudget: Russ Vought—architect of Project 2025—is unfit to serve. @SenWhitehouse lays out exactly how Vought wants to erode our…
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RT @SenateBudget: 🎯 @SenTimKaine is right on the mark: We’d never celebrate a leader who wants to put their workforce “in trauma.” That’s…
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RT @SenateBudget: 💯 @SenAlexPadilla is right: Russ Vought wants to leave working people out in the cold while boosting billionaires with hu…
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