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February 2026
02/04/26	Merkley Leads Senate Budget Democrats in Demanding Hegseth Explain Reasoning for Fully Classifying Spending Plans of $90 Billion in Big, Ugly Betrayal Law, Preventing Congressional Oversight
January 2026
01/30/26	Republicans Again Block Merkley’s Push to Permanently Ban Pocket Rescissions
01/28/26	CBO Tells Merkley: Trump’s Brazen National Guard Deployment to American Cities Has So Far Cost U.S. Taxpayers Upwards of $589 Million
01/28/26	Merkley, Durbin, Peters Lead Amicus Brief Urging Circuit Court to Affirm the Critical Protections of Minors in Immigration Detention
01/20/26	Merkley Leads Budget Democrats in Demanding OMB Director Vought Provide Answers on Use of His $100 Million Slush Fund
01/14/26	CBO Tells Merkley: Trump Administration Attempt to Rename the Department of Defense Could Balloon to $125 Million
01/08/26	CBO Projects Inflation to Remain High, Labor Market to be Weaker Due to Trump Administration Policies
December 2025
12/08/25	Merkley Statement on Trump’s Farmer Bailout to Fix Crisis Created by Trump
November 2025
11/04/25	Merkley, Wyden Probe CMS for Answers Surrounding the Disastrous Roll Out of the Medicare Advantage Provider-Directory Portal, Potentially Putting Seniors at Risk
October 2025
10/27/25	Merkley Leads Colleagues in Demanding CBO Probe the Cost of Trump’s National Guard Deployment to American Cities, Including Portland
10/24/25	Merkley, Wyden Call on Oz to Resolve Chaos as States Implement Trumpcare
10/11/25	Schumer, Merkley, Murray, Peters Call On Trump Budget Chief Russ Vought To Resign
September 2025
09/29/25	GAO Finds Trump Administration Again Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding
09/25/25	Merkley Statement on OMB’s Threat to Fire Public Servants if Republicans Shut Down the Government
09/22/25	Merkley Leads Senators in Demanding CBO Probe Trump’s Wasteful Use of Taxpayer Dollars in Renaming Department of Defense
09/18/25	Premium Spikes, Coverage Loss Will Worsen If Republicans Fail to Act on Tax Credits, CBO Says
09/16/25	Merkley to Senate Colleagues: Reject Paul’s Disastrous Budget Proposal
09/16/25	Trump Administration Violated the Impoundment Control Act by Withholding Funding, GAO Reports
09/04/25	Federal Court Backs Up Merkley’s Call that Trump’s Pocket Rescission is Illegal
August 2025
08/29/25	Merkley Blasts Trump Administration for Invoking Illegal Maneuver to Claw Back Bipartisan, Congressionally Appropriated Foreign Aid

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