Jeff Merkley: “Should we push for a policy in the IMF and World Bank that no loan, no grant project will go to any country that does…”

We can’t sleepwalk into a decision this consequential. The law gives Congress the power to review and block a deal like this, and the Senate will now have the chance to fulfill its statutory responsibility before it’s too late.

To be clear: Both parties have played a role in creating Senate dysfunction, and both have a responsibility to fix it.

I have heard heart-wrenching stories from Oregonians who have lost loved ones after a prescription for an injury or treatment turned into an addiction.

Giving Saudi Arabia access to U.S. civilian nuclear energy technology without ironclad protections to make sure it doesn't provide a foundation for a nuclear bomb is unacceptable. It is essential that nations pursuing civilian energy…