Democratic senator’s anti-Trump floor speech ends after nearly 23 hours

Jeff Merkley of Oregon gives address to make case that president is 'violating the law' through authoritarianism…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/senator-jeff-merkley-floor-speech-trump

 

Republicans in senate abdicate their responsibility in subservience to Trump

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the havoc on the Senate floor as the GOP tries to cover up Trump’s dark past and as the GOP tries to destroy the powers of the Senate as a co-equal branch of government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfsAFcss0w 

Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza | US Senate | The Guardian

Both senators accused the US government of enabling the described ethnic cleansing. "We, the United States, are complicit in all of this," Van Hollen said. "Because we're providing taxpayer dollar support to the Netanyahu government to use weapons in Gaza."… 

"The same values that made me a champion for Israel compel me to say what they are doing to the Palestinians, both in West Bank and in Gaza, is absolutely wrong," said Merkley…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/democratic-senators-gaza-ethnic-cleansing

 

Merkley Presses Kash Patel on Due Process: “You Haven’t Read the Constitution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTUQ-yR4v-g

 

'Fraud On An Unparalleled Scale': Jeff Merkley Warns GOP's Cuts Will Add 37 trillion dollars to the debt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4IODT-EwJc

Members of Congress Blast Big Oil Companies for Windfall Profits Amid High Gas Prices and Climate Crisis

"Big Oil companies are making obscene profits and rewarding their shareholders with lucrative buybacks. We need a Windfall Profits Tax on these profits to put more money in the pockets of working families. As we look to the future, we must transition to renewable energy and ensure American energy prices are not tied to the whims of dictators abroad," said Senator Jeff Merkley...

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/members-of-congress-blast-big-oil-companies-for-windfall-profits-amid-high-gas-prices-and-climate-crisis

Jeff Merkley Leads New Bill to Ban 'Deeply Corrupt' Stock Trading in Congress

"Congressional stock trading is deeply corrupt," Merkley said in a statement. "We are elected to serve the public, not our portfolios. And no member should vote on bills biased by the character of their holdings."…

https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-bill-ban-stock-trading

Senate Dems Blast Medicare Advantage Giants Over 'Exorbitant' CEO Pay

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley are calling attention to the massive profits and "exorbitant" executive salaries of top Medicare Advantage insurers such as UnitedHealthcare and Humana, which are leading a lobbying blitz against efforts to combat widespread fraud in the privately run healthcare program…

https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-advantage-ceo-pay

Two Democrats want McConnell’s 2011 debt-ceiling fix proposal to be adopted | The Hill

They said McConnell's plan allowed Obama to raise the debt ceiling on his own while allowing Congress to pass a joint resolution to override that action if two-thirds of lawmakers wished to. They said this allowed Congress to continue to have oversight over raising the debt ceiling but prevented it from being used as a political tool. … 

The ceiling does not allow the federal government to borrow more money but rather pay for debt it has already incurred…

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3859603-two-democrats-want-mcconnells-2011-debt-ceiling-fix-proposal-to-be-adopted/

Democrats introduce legislation to strike slavery exception in 13th Amendment | TheHill

... In a statement announcing the legislation, Merkley and Clay tied the loophole to "Black Codes" that were implemented in the late 1800s and used by Southern sheriffs to lease out imprisoned people to work landowners' fields. Merkley and Clay said the language created "a financial incentive for mass incarceration" that they say still exists today in unequal treatment of people of color in the criminal justice system...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/528448-democrats-introduce-legislation-to-close-slavery-loophole-in-13th-amendment

Sen. Merkley on the Dangers of a New Nuclear Arms Race & Why He Backs the Green New Deal

Fallout from the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is mounting. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to prepare for what he called a “symmetrical response” after the U.S. tested what it said was a nonnuclear cruise missile earlier this week. The U.S. launch was the first test of its kind since the Trump administration withdrew from the INF. We speak to Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon about U.S. nuclear policy, as well as the Green New Deal, President Trump’s wish to buy Greenland and more.....
Interview:
https://youtu.be/uLG8dAv2DwI

Leaked memo shows Trump administration carefully plotted how to hurt migrant children and families - Daily Kos:

Toss a few more on the vast pile of lies we know the Trump administration has told about its cruel family separation policy. Sen. Jeff Merkley released a draft memo, leaked by a whistleblower, showing that the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security thoroughly gamed out different ways they could tear children from their parents and use it as a deterrent to keep migrants from seeking asylum at the border. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1827388

The White House responds to Jeff Merkley: He’s to blame for immigrant crimes - The Washington Post: Analysis

After Merkley drew attention to Trump's policies on family separation, the White House sent out a statement blaming his policies for violent criminal acts. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/06/05/the-white-house-responds-to-jeff-merkley-hes-to-blame-for-immigrant-crimes/

White House blasts Merkley after his attempt to visit a shelter for migrant children - POLITICO

The Oregon Democrat livestreamed on Sunday an attempt to enter a Texas shelter for unaccompanied minors. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/04/merkley-shelter-migrant-children-trump-593988

Senators Demand FCC Answer for Fake Comments After Realizing Their Identities Were Stolen

In a bipartisan letter on Monday, two US senators called on the FCC to investigate the identity theft and fraud in public comments collected by the agency during its proposal to rollback net neutrality protections last year.....

https://gizmodo.com/senators-demand-fcc-answer-for-fake-comments-after-real-1826213294