Jeff Merkley: “I know the tribe appreciates that as well.”

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.

This is an insult to Congress and the Constitution.

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