WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is out of compliance with the rules of reconciliation, both by exceeding the spending limits outlined in their budget resolution by trillions of dollars, and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are under the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction. “We have been successful in removing parts of this bill that hurt families and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are under the following jurisdictions: Judiciary Committee and Commerce Committee. “We have been successful in removing parts of this bill […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are under the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction. “We have been successful in removing parts of this bill that hurt families and workers, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are in the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction. “Democrats are continuing to make the case against every provision in this Big, Beautiful […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee’s jurisdiction. “The Byrd Rule must be enforced, and Republicans shouldn’t get […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, using the current law baseline which is enshrined in law and takes into account the real cost of a bill, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) provided its score on the Senate Finance Committee’s portion of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” showing that it will cost $4.2 trillion over 10 years. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian again advised that several provisions in the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s jurisdiction. “Democrats continue to show up and fight every provision of this […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to reconsider the devastating health care cuts in the House-passed […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” continues to include provisions that violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule, according to the Senate Parliamentarian, and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if they remain in the bill. The below provisions are in the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee title. “There is no better […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following direction from Senate Republicans, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released its score on the Senate Finance Committee’s portion of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” using “magic math” – in the form of a budget gimmick known as “current policy baseline” – to make these regressive tax giveaways to the wealthy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, further advice was provided by the Senate Parliamentarian that provisions in the Republican “One Big, Beautiful Bill” violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if included in the bill. The below provisions are in the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction. The Senate Parliamentarian has […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian advises additional provisions in the Republican “One Big, Beautiful Bill” violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if included in the bill. The below provisions are in the following Senate Committee jurisdictions: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Commerce, Science, and Technology. Guidance […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Parliamentarian advised that the following provisions in the Republican “One Big, Beautiful Bill” violate the Senate’s Byrd Rule and would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if included in the bill. The below provisions are in jurisdiction of the following Senate Committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Environment and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB), a centrist budget policy think tank, released analysis showing that if the temporary tax provisions in the House-passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” are made permanent, it will add $31 trillion to the national debt over 30 years. The Republicans’ House-passed bill currently ends […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, released the below statement following reports that the Republican “One Big, Beautiful Bill” includes provisions that would allow the federal government to sell off millions of acres of federal lands, including thousands of acres in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Senate Republicans continue to haggle over how to give billionaires the biggest tax break, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that if the temporary tax provisions in the House-passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” are instead made permanent, the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the House-passed “One Big, Beautiful Bill” will disproportionately benefit millionaires and billionaires while taking away services families rely on. “Every day, we see more […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following a new analysis published by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which shows the Republican House-passed “Big Beautiful Bill” will add $3 trillion to the deficit when including the $551 billion in increased interest on […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the Republican plan will kick 16 million people off of their health insurance to fund tax breaks for billionaires. “This is the Republican plan: stripping […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the House-passed reconciliation bill would cost $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years. “Congressional Republicans will let nothing stand in the way of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – If the Trump tariffs remain in effect – in spite of a recent court ruling that they are illegal – they will slow economic growth, boost inflation, and hurt working- and middle-class families, according to a new analysis from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The analysis was requested by Senate Budget […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Appropriations and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, released the below statement after the Trump Administration sent Congress a rescissions package that would implement disastrous cuts made illegally and unconstitutionally by the “Department of Government […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its first finding that the Trump Administration has violated the Impoundment Control Act. “The President is not a king, and laws are not suggestions,” said Ranking Member Jeff […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. “House Republicans have just passed Trump’s so called ‘big, beautiful bill.’ There is nothing beautiful about it. It is: families lose, billionaires win. “Millions of families will […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following analysis published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing that the Republican reconciliation bill will heavily favor the rich, while working families pay the price. “The Republicans’ reconciliation bill has one outcome: families lose […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement after the latest troubling economic news on the Republican economy. “We are in the grip of the Trump Slump. Americans’ optimism on the economy has reached a near-record low, Moody’s has downgraded the United States’ credit […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following the release of President Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget for Fiscal Year 2026. “This budget is exactly what we expected: a betrayal of hardworking, middle-class families that shows the President’s singular focus is slashing essential government programs […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following the Commerce Department’s report showing the economy began to shrink in the first three months of the year. This is a major shift from uninterrupted economic growth since 2022, including the last three months of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a comprehensive audit of the foreign policy and national security implications of the Trump administration’s recent actions to terminate foreign assistance […]