Jan 2, 2013
Is the same true on both conference reports and final passage? Neither of those involve amendments, but have there been extensive filibuster efforts to keep this body from ever being able to complete one piece of business and move on to…
Jeff Merkley
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Jeff Alan Merkley is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oregon since January 6, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley has focused on issues such as healthcare, climate change, and economic inequality throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for progressive policies and has worked to address the challenges facing working families in Oregon and across the nation. Merkley is known for his commitment to transparency and accountability in government, often speaking out against perceived injustices and advocating for reforms.
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Jan 2, 2013
Is the same true of efforts to get to a conference committee after we have already passed a bill and all the amendments have been previously considered?
Jan 2, 2013
I thank my colleague from New Mexico. I am going to be very brief, because in 2 minutes I am taking the chair so my colleague from Maryland can continue with his schedule. Indeed, the silent secret filibuster that is occurring in the…
Jan 2, 2013
So my colleague from New Mexico has made this powerful case about our responsibility and about the opportunity provided under the Constitution, and I have been immersed in trying to wrestle with the components of how we actually seize that…
Jan 2, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 4 p.m., with all other provisions remaining in effect. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Jan 1, 2013
He has been suffering, if you will, through these nearly 400 filibusters in the 6 years he has been majority leader, while so many issues in America go unaddressed; each one of these filibusters procedurally taking up as much as a week of…
Jan 1, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the period for morning business for debate only be extended until 6 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Jan 1, 2013
Mr. President, I want to first address the bill we passed in the early hours this morning. It is very unusual to be passing a bill in the early hours, certainly on the first day of the year. And this bill had a lot in it. This is the…
Dec 31, 2012
There is one more piece of this I want to clarify because I am not sure where the minority leader's version came out on this; that is, our organic farmers have gotten a very unfair deal, and that deal was that they were going to be charged…
Dec 31, 2012
How can one possibly justify charging organic farmers more because they are going to get a higher insurance compensation, but then say they will not get a higher insurance compensation? We are going to take that away? So it operates as a…
Dec 31, 2012
In closing my part of this colloquy, I want to thank the Senator for clarifying those three points--that the disaster relief is out, that the pork is in, and that the organic farmers are going to continue to get the short end of the stick…
Dec 31, 2012
So if I can try to translate this for the farmers and ranchers in my State of Oregon and the orchardists and ranchers in the Senator's State, this Chamber committed itself to restoring the emergency disaster program either through the farm…
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