Jeff Merkley actually said...

"The idea that we're going to cut taxes on the rich, which is what the Republican plan in the House is, and put this massive additional tax on the ordinary families, I know it would not sell in my stat..."

"I'm concerned that a failure to pay our credit card bill, if you will, is going to create a crisis."

"I see that even the dream of home ownership fading away for so many families in my blue-collar community."

"I for one think that the richest 400 families should pay at least what a middle-class American pays, rather than eight percent."