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Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Bernanke Confirmation: One Hot Committee Room

Cate Long | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senator-Vitter, Senator-Demint, Senator Richard Shelby, Senator-Shelby, Bernanke, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Senator Jeff Merkley, Richard Shelby, Jeff Merkley, Senator Bunning, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Politics News

A fight's a'brewin in room 538 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building... This is the committee room of the Senate Banking Committee...

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Jeff Merkley Is First Democrat To Say He'll Vote Against Bernanke Confirmation

Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Reserve, Jeff Merkley, Ben Bernanke, Merkley Bernanke, Bernanke Confirmation, Bernanke Nomination, Politics News

Sen. Jeff Merkley became the first Democratic senator to say he'll vote against nominating Ben Bernanke for a second term, saying that the Federal Res...

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Medicare Buy-In Filibuster-Proof? Senate Dem Deeply Concerned

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Merkley, Medicare Oregon, Senate Democrat, Merkley Concerned, Medicare Reimbursement Rates, Senate Democrats, Merkley Health Care, Oregon Medicare Rates, Filibuster Proof, Democrats Filibuster, Politics News

Democrats in the Senate may not have a filibuster-proof majority for the latest health care compromise after all. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), express...

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Outline Of Senate Health Bill Agreement Emerging

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: #Hcr, Trigger, Cbo, Medicare Part D, Public Option, Senate Bill, Medicare Buy-In, Harry Reid, Cbo Score, Maria Cantwell, Health Care Reform, Senate Health Bill, Ben Nelson, Jeff Merkley, Medicare, Office of Personnel Management, Health Care, Politics News

Senate Democrats emerged from a caucus-wide meeting Wednesday evening tight-lipped about the elements of the "broad agreement" that has been reached o...

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Audit The Fed Bill Introduced In Senate With Bipartisan Support

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Corker, Jeff Merkley, Federal Reserve Audit, Fed Bob Corker, Federal Reserve, Fed Jeff Merkley, Fed Audit Grayson, Audit the Fed, Fed Audit Ron Paul, Politics News

A bipartisan Senate pair introduced a bill to audit the Federal Reserve's emergency lending programs on Tuesday. The Federal Reserve Accountability Ac...

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Energy Smart Legislation Off to a Bipartisan Start

A. Siegel | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Jeff Merkley, Energy Efficiency, Investment, Richard Lugar, Energy Efficient, Energy Efficient Homes, Climate Change, Green News

Those who can afford the upfront costs can afford to be energy inefficient. Those who can't afford the costs of energy inefficiency can't afford the upfront costs.

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Breast Feeding Debate Leaves Senators Grasping For Words (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Coburn, Jeff Merkley, Health Committee, Mike Enzi, Breast Feeding Debate, Senators Breasts, Merkley Breast Feeding, Senators, Politics News

Some general awkwardness occurred during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday as a few uncomfortable lawmakers...

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How a Bill Becomes a Job

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Merkley, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Recovery, Recovery Act, Stimulus, Politics News

The recovery package is doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing: investing in long-neglected projects; creating jobs; and spurring demand in local economies.

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Dem Senators Push Foreign Banks To Aid Global Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, Sherrod Brown, Bailout, Global Bailout, Stimulus, Politics News

A group of Democratic senators, in advance of the G-20 summit in London, are calling on the administration to push foreign central banks to cooperate ...

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Creating Jobs Is Not "Wasteful"

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

America voted for a change of direction last November, not more of the same. Republicans should listen to the American people and work in a bi-partisan fashion to help get our country on the road to recovery.

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Lisa Jackson: Music to My Ears

Josh Dorner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Barbara Boxer, California Waiver, Jeff Merkley, Clean Energy, Lisa Jackson, Sierra Club, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Confirmation Hearings, Stephen Johnson, Oregon, Green News

EPA Administrator-designate Lisa Jackson was in the dock before the Senate today and I agree with Barbara Boxer that Jackson's answers to many questions were "music to my ears."

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Tom Udall, Jeff Merkley Join Busy Senate Environment Committee

Grist | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Jeff Merkley, Tom Udall, Oregon, Green News

Two new senators, Oregon's Jeff Merkley and New Mexico's Tom Udall, will be joining the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, chair Barbara B...

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Lieberman Contributed To GOP Senate, House Candidates

Washington Post | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jeff Merkley, Lieberman Gop Donations, Gordon Smith Lieberman, Barack Obama, Lieberman Gop Donation, Gordon Smith Joe Lieberman, Lieberman Republican Donations, Joe Lieberman, Oregon, Politics News

Here's a story of the Thanksgiving spirit, forgiving and forgetting senatorial style. When Democrats gathered last week to decide the fate of Sen. Jo...

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We Win, They Lose. Now, Let's Get To Work

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Udall, House of Representatives, Ted Stevens, John McCain, Assault Weapons, Al Franken, Senate Races, 2008 Election, Nra, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Ak-47, Gordon Smith, John Sununu, Senate, National Rifle Association, Mark Begich, Tom Udall, Norm Coleman, Obama Transition, Jeanne Shaheen, Jeff Merkley, Jim Martin, Saxby Chambliss, Election 2008, Elizabeth Dole, Kay Hagan, Bob Schaffer, Oregon, Politics News

Candidates endorsed or "A" rated by he NRA suffered losses in every region of the nation, up and down the ballot, losing not only the White House, but also at least six crucial races for the U.S. Senate.

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New Dem Senator Merkley "Profoundly Hurt" By Lieberman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats Meeting, Merkley Lieberman, Jeff Merkley Leiberman, Lieberman Caucus, Jeff Merkley, Lieberman Hurt, Leiberman Chair, Politics News

Aides to Senator-elect Jeff Merkley said the newly elected Oregonian Democrat was "profoundly hurt" by Joe Lieberman's conduct during the 2008 preside...

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Demand for New Globalization Model Goes Mainstream as Fair-Trade Election Pick-Ups Move Congress' Views Closer to Public's

Lori Wallach | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cafta, Larry Kissell, Kay Hagan, Public Citizen, Trade, Free Trade, Globalization, Jeff Merkley, Wto, Nafta, Global Trade Watch, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News

From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress, successful candidates in 2008 election races ran on a platform of fundamental overhaul of U.S. trade and globalization policies.

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Jeff Merkley Declared Winner In Oregon Senate Race

AP | BRAD CAIN | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Merkley Wins Oregonian, Merkley Wins Senate, Senate Races, Jeff Merkley, Oregonian, Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley Wins, Oregon, Politics News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Democrat Jeff Merkley has ousted Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, a victory once considered unlikely against an incumbent who had ...

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Schumer, DSCC Predict Victory In Tight Oregon Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley, Oregon Senate Race, Chuck Schumer, Senate Races, Dccc Predicting Oregon Win, Oregon, Politics News

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer predicted to several Democratic insiders that Jeff Merkley will unseat incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith in Oregon, multipl...

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What's Left: The Races That Haven't Been Called

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oregon Senate Race, North Carolina Election Results 2008, Oregon Secretary of State, Saxby Chambliss, Jeff Merkley, Gordon Smith, Ted Stevens Election, Us Senate Election Results, Politics News

A look at the uncalled races and ballot measure from Election Day, including those states yet to be called in the presidential race between Democrat B...

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Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Obama has not hit a home run; he has merely earned the right to step into the batter's box.

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Jeff Merkley, Gordon Smith Senate Election Results?

Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley, Election Results, Senate Races, Oregon, Politics News

Democrat Jeff Merkley has defeated incumbent Republican Senator Gordon Smith in Oregon, according to the Oregonian newspaper. If the result stands, ...

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Channeling His Inner Obama

Carl Pope | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Gordon Smith, Jeff Merkley, Oregon, Bill Sizemore, Politics News

Now Karl Rove's independent smear operation, Freedom Watch, is shifting its focus from Colorado to Minnesota and Oregon, and the mud's beginning to fly.

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Signs of a Political Earthquake in Oregon

David Sirota | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Smith, Senate, Pacific Northwest, Economic Crisis, Free Trade, Jeff Merkley, Election 2008, Oregon, Politics News

A Democratic U.S. Senate that included Jeff Merkley as one of its stars would have a much more difficult time rubber stamping the corporate-written trade policies.

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Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, North Dakota, Rick Noriega, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Al Franken, West Virginia, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, John Kennedy, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Mississippi, Republican Party, North Carolina, Florida, John McCain, Alaska, Ronnie Musgrove, Louisiana, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Texas, Lindsey Graham, Pennsylvania, Bob Conley, Minnesota, John Cornyn, Wisconsin, Michigan, Wyoming, Georgia, Iowa, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Senate, Indiana, Electoral College, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, Politics News

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

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