10.27.25

Merkley Leads Colleagues in Demanding CBO Probe the Cost of Trump’s National Guard Deployment to American Cities, Including Portland

Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, led several of his Senate colleagues in calling on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to probe the cost of the Trump Administration’s brazen decision to deploy National Guard personnel to U.S. cities. President Trump has ordered troops into major cities across the country, including Portland, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Memphis. The senators are requesting that CBO analyze the costs of acti… Continue Reading

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10.24.25

Merkley, Wyden Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare

U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called on the leadership of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to help states preserve key protections in Medicaid for children, seniors, and people with disabilities that were not repealed as a part of Trumpcare, amid confusion about how the massive Republican cuts will be implemented across the country. “Trump and Republica… Continue Reading

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10.11.25

Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign

Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice-Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following joint statement calling for the resignation of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought. “Even before his first day in office, Russ Vo… Continue Reading