Name: Sen. Jeff Merkley argues case for old-fashioned filibuster in new book
Uploaded: 2024-03-23T14:09:00-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — For Jeff Merkley’s newest book “Filibustered!” he looks back at two events spanning more than four decades in the U.S. Senate. The first was in summer 1976, when he was a student at Stanford University, two years out of David Douglas High School. As a summer intern for U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield, […]

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Sen. Jeff Merkley argues case for old-fashioned filibuster in new book

(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — For Jeff Merkley’s newest book “Filibustered!” he looks back at two events spanning more than four decades in the U.S. Senate. The first was in summer 1976, when he was a student at Stanford University, two years out of David Douglas High School. As a summer intern for U.S. Sen. Mark Hatfield, […]

Senators Wyden, Merkley announce $70K ‘quadruple win’ for the Oregon Food Bank

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Oregon Food Bank is set to receive $70,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Friday. This is in an established effort to connect local food producers with emergency feeding organizations. Sen. Wyden in particular stressed the importance of […]