Jeff Merkley: “The minority...has an incentive to slow things down, make it difficult, extract promises.”

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

The SRS program provides crucial payments that are a lifeline for rural communities here in Oregon and across America.

Every Oregon community needs the resources to keep young people safe, support children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and build stronger relationships between families and those who serve them.

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.