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Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County, including portions of eastern Portland; he was the speaker of the Orego…
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Born 24 October 1956 · Q1368405
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Not if we have the opportunity to describe what democratic socialism means. ... You have countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway ... which have had social democratic governments. ... In those countries, healthcare is a right for all people. ... Tuition is free. ... In those countries, governments are working for the middle class, rather than the billionaire class.
The Senate is broken. We are failing to fulfill our legislative responsibilities.
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“Not if we have the opportunity to describe what democratic socialism means. ... You have countries like Denmark, Sweden, Norway ... which have had social democratic governments. ... In those countries, healthcare is a right for all people. ... Tuition is free. ... In those countries, governments are working for the middle class, rather than the billionaire class.”
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“The Senate is broken. We are failing to fulfill our legislative responsibilities.”
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“Part of this is the dehumanization of people seeking asylum in the U.S.”
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KTVZ: Sen. Jeff Merkley launches corruption town hall tour in Bend
AOL: Who is Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley? Why is he giving a marathon Senate speech? What to know.
Rolling Out: The Jeff Merkley filibuster ends after 22 hours
KEYT: Sen. Jeff Merkley delivers 3rd longest Senate floor speech in modern history to protest Trump
NPR: Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon expects changes to Trump's spending bill
During the Gaza war, Merkley was one of three U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2023).
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Merkley and Representative Jim McGovern urged U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2021–2023).
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Chose instead to run for reelection to the Senate
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Merkley introduced a resolution prohibiting American military intervention in Venezuela without Congress's approval, adding that it was "critical that the Venezuelan people are the ones to determine their own future, and
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Claimed: “The government shutdown "does damage to all kinds of people who are making applications, whether it’s benefits for Social Security or for Medicare."” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “The president is "sitting on over $1 billion, 94 percent of what we sent him last year for border security he hasn't bothered to spend."” — rated Misleading by FactCheck.org.
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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Merkley was one of 35 senators who introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, a bill that would create 770,000 new child care jobs and ensured that families making less than 75% of the state median income did no
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Claimed: “Says the Trump administration transferred $10 million from FEMA to ICE.” — rated True by PolitiFact.
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Merkley was the only member of the Senate Appropriations Committee to vote against the $675 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal 2019 providing $607
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Claimed: ““A private jet tax break paid for by slashing health care. You can’t make this stuff up.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: ““Under GOP plan, U.S. families making ~$86k see avg tax increase of $794.”” — rated Four Pinocchios by The Washington Post.
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Claimed: ““Medicare has an overhead of about 3 percent. Private insurance has 25 to 30 percent that’s wasted.”” — rated Flubbed Talking Point by The Washington Post.
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Merkley held the Senate floor for 15 hours and 28 minutes in protest of the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2015).
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And Senators Tom Udall and Tom Harkin introduced a resolution intended to increase debate and accountability in the Senate
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Introduced a bill to reform the filibuster
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Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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Merkley and Senator Lamar Alexander introduced the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act, a bill designed to provide short-term incentives for the rapid development and production of electric vehicles
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And Senators Tom Carper, Tom Udall, and Michael Bennet introduced the Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act, which set a goal to achieve complete independence from overseas oil by 2030
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Merkley cosponsored legislation to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) and allow gay Americans to serve openly in the military
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Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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And was reelected in 2014 and 2020, defeating Republican nominees Monica Wehby and Jo Rae Perkins
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Narrowly defeating activist Steve Novick and four others in the Democratic primary
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Campaign: 2008 election.
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Merkley announced he would run for the U
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Career landmark: speaker (2007–2008).
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“New Vermont Senator not Standard Fare”
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Career landmark: member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1999–2008).
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Merkley was elected as a Democrat to the Oregon House of Representatives from the 16th district in east Portland (renumbered as the 47th district after the 2002 redistricting)
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Merkley returned to Portland, where he served as executive director of Portland Habitat for Humanity until 1994
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Studied at Princeton University, Master in Public Administration (1982).
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Studied at Stanford University, Bachelor of Arts (1979).
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And earned a Master of Public Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1982
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The son of Darrell Philip Merkley and his wife Betty Lou (Collins)
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Born 1956-10-24.
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