Jeff Merkley: “I think it is a different fight, if you will, from 5 years ago.”

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

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

Immigration court proceedings must uphold fairness and rule of law and not be politicized to satisfy Donald Trump’s arbitrary detention quotas.

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