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Democrat Jeff Merkley defeats GOP challenger Jo Rae Perkins in race for US Senate seat in Oregon

Oregon's incumbent Sen. Jeff Merkley successfully defended his seat against Republican Jo Rae Perki…

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Senator Jeff Merkley announces he's not running for president in 2020

After graduating from Princeton, Merkley worked at the Office of the Secretary of Defense and then …

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3 senators missed the vote on Sweden and Finland joining NATO — but all were in favor, leaving Josh Hawley as a lone dissenter

Sens. John Cornyn, Jeff Merkley, and Patrick Leahy all support Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but…

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A US senator just introduced a bill banning airlines from booking middle seats or charging passengers for switching seats

The senator took action after seeing firsthand how airlines were handling social distancing in the …

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A laptop belonging to Nancy Pelosi's aide was stolen during the Capitol siege, a potential cybersecurity risk

The aide's laptop, used for presentations, was taken from a conference room, according to a tweet f…

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A US senator wants to propose legislation blocking middle seats on planes after he flew on a crowded American Airlines flight

Sen. Jeff Merkley blasted American Airlines on Twitter after a crowded flight, asking "how many Ame…

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Jeff Merkley propose creating a national database of cops with a record of misconduct

The database would allow members of the public to look up each police officer's record of misconduc…

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2 US senators stopped by police from touring immigrant detention facilities where children are held

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under the direction of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, i…

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DEMOCRATIC SENATOR: McConnell 'just put a knife into the heart of our ... republic'

The "nuclear" option - rewriting the Senate rules to kill the filibuster on Supreme Court nominees…

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Democratic Unity On Obamacare Is Collapsing

Customers in the individual insurance market are finding they cannot keep their current policies if…

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Joe Manchin cosponsored the voting-rights bill in 2019 that he is now blocking on the grounds that the GOP doesn't like it

Manchin said he won't vote for an elections bill with no bipartisan support - but cosponsored the s…

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Capitol rioter says he was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time' in 'apology' letter to senator that never mentions he's sorry

"I found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time," Francis Connor said in a letter to Sen. Merk…

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Liberal senator gives 15 hour speech protesting Trump's supreme court nominee

Some Democratic lawmakers have conceded that Gorsuch is technically qualified to serve on the court…

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AOC applauds Democratic Sen. Merkley as 'courageous' for rejecting Rahm Emanuel as Biden's Japan ambassador nominee

Merkley cited Black Lives Matter in explaining why he opposes the nomination. Emanuel's record as C…

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Regulators Approved A Tougher Version Of The Volcker That Hits Wall Street Compensation Hard

Regulators have been meeting to finalize tougher post-financial crisis rules on how Wall Street ban…

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A Democratic senator is asking the FBI to investigate Kirstjen Nielsen, accusing her of perjuring herself in sworn testimony about the family separations

"A policy of family separation would mean that any family that I encountered in the interior, I wou…

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Oracle Blamed for 'Disaster Zone' Obamacare Website That Didn't Signed Up A Single Person

That's because the state's website cost $43 million ($1.7 million over budget) and hasn't been able…

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Here are the 5 senators who voted against giving workers break time to pump breast milk

Sens. Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, Pat Toomey, Mike Lee, and John Cornyn voted against giving workers br…

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Paris Hilton joins lawmakers introducing a bill to end abuse in the 'troubled teen' industry: 'What I went through will haunt me for the rest of my life'

Sen. Jeff Merkley told Insider the bill was the first step in bringing transparency and oversight t…

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