Jeff Merkley: “Okay. Because otherwise, you have all these owners who we made a contract with, we left them hanging. That can bankrupt…”

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.

America today is larger, busier and more complex than the America our Founding Fathers designed the Senate and its rules to govern.

Donald Trump is a con man. This attempt to sway Americans by sending them a check with less than 30 days before the midterm elections is deceitful.

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