Tag: Jeff Merkley

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai arrives for an FCC meeting on Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington.

FCC to overhaul electronic commenting system after millions of fake, fraudulent submissions

Naomi Lim · July 11, 2018 7:36 pm

An immigrant child looks out from a U.S. Border Patrol bus leaving as protesters block the street outside the U.S. Border Patrol Central Processing Center Saturday, June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. Additional law enforcement officials were called in to help control the crowd and allow the bus to move.

Legislative push would crack open child immigration detention facilities to lawmakers

Daniel Chaitin · June 28, 2018 8:25 pm

Senate Democrats want to fight Trump’s Supreme Court pick — if they can stick together

Laura Barrón-López · June 28, 2018 4:00 am

Democrats vow to keep fighting Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy

Laura Barrón-López · June 21, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks to the media along with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Mark Pocan, D-Wis., in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector's Centralized Processing Center in McAllen, Texas.

Democrats tour Texas immigration centers in push to end Trump’s zero tolerance policy

Katelyn Caralle · June 18, 2018 12:38 pm

Sen. Jeff Merkley urged Sanders supporters to unite with Hillary Clinton supporters to defeat Donald Trump.

White House tears into Jeff Merkley for ‘blatant lies’ about migrant detentions

Gabby Morrongiello · June 4, 2018 7:22 pm

Democrat denied entry to immigrant detention center

Mandy Mayfield · June 4, 2018 4:49 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Top Senate obstructionists are all running for president in 2020

Emily Jashinsky · May 14, 2018 8:12 pm

As Republicans dither on Obamacare, Democrats plot its expansion

Philip Klein · April 19, 2018 9:46 pm

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Male Democratic senators, Ted Cruz join calls for vote on #MeToo legislation

Laura Barrón-López · April 19, 2018 7:50 pm

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Democrats move to allow more people to buy Medicare

Kimberly Leonard · April 18, 2018 6:05 pm

In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo, Richard Grenell, left, arrives at Trump Tower in New York.

Democrat blocks Trump nominee on Senate floor for ‘attacking’ women

Pete Kasperowicz · March 22, 2018 6:30 pm