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07.23.26

CBO: Over 10 Percent of U.S. Population Will Be Uninsured Due to the Republican Big, Ugly Betrayal Law

Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report showing that the number of uninsured Americans climbs to 37.4 million in 2036, or 10.4% of the population “largely because of provisions of the 2025 [Republican] reconciliation act.” The increased number of uninsured Americans include the 15 million people who won’t have health insurance coverage thanks to… Continue Reading

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07.23.26

ICE, CBP Now Sitting on $152 Billion After Republican Funding Bills

As of the end of June, data from the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) SF-133 reports shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have $152 billion in unobligated funding from the two partisan funding bills that Republicans passed over the last year—the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which was enacted in July 2025 and the Secure America Act, which became law in early June 2026. Following this news, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ra… Continue Reading

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07.16.26

Merkley Statement on House Budget Committee’s Out-of-Touch Budget

Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement after the House Budget Committee advanced a fiscal year 2027 budget resolution that kicks off a third reconciliation process to spend nearly $100 billion on wasteful programs, ignores the needs of working families, and funds Trump’s war of choice with Iran. “Over the past year and a half, Republicans have already passed two reconciliation bills—one that stripped away health c… Continue Reading

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