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Senate Ruling Threatens Ballroom Funding in G.O.P. Budget Bill

New York Times 17 May 2026
Democrats announced Saturday night that the Senate’s top parliamentary referee had determined that the $1 billion provision did not comply with budget rules ... .
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Senate Foreign Relations Democrats Statement on Trump-Xi Summit (Jeff Merkley)

Public Technologies 16 May 2026
Jeff Merkley published this content on May 15, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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Padilla, Markey, Merkley, Democratic Colleagues Sound Alarm on Homeland Security Proposal to Develop Biometric Smart Glasses (Alex Padilla)

Public Technologies 16 May 2026
Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), to lead their Democratic colleagues in pushing back on the Department of ... In addition to Padilla, Markey, and Merkley, the letter was also signed by U.S.
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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Trump Administration’s USDA Reorganization (Jeff Merkley)

Public Technologies 15 May 2026
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues in questioning how Trump's reorganization of the Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area at the U.S ... In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter was cosigned by U.S.
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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Trump Administration’s USDA Reorganization (Ron Wyden)

Public Technologies 15 May 2026
) May 15, 2026 Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Concerns about Trump Administration's USDA Reorganization ... In addition to Wyden and Merkley, the letter was cosigned by U.S.
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Senators Markey, Merkley, Colleagues Sound the Alarm on Homeland Security Proposal to Develop Biometric Smart Glasses (Jeff Merkley)

Public Technologies 14 May 2026
In September, Senators Markey and Merkley to ICE's Acting Director Todd Lyons, demanding that ICE cease use of Mobile Fortify and requesting detailed information about its policies and practices surrounding the use of biometric technology.
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Senators Markey, Merkley, Colleagues Sound the Alarm on Homeland Security Proposal to Develop Biometric Smart Glasses (Edward J Markey)

Public Technologies 14 May 2026
In September, Senators Markey and Merkley to ICE's Acting Director Todd Lyons, demanding that ICE cease use of Mobile Fortify and requesting detailed information about its policies and practices surrounding the use of biometric technology.
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Bureau of Prisons declines to reconsider transgender inmate policy

Washington Blade 14 May 2026
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) , arguing that the policy change fails to adequately prioritize the safety of trans inmates — protections they say are guaranteed under the Constitution ... ....
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Merkley Blasts Senate Republicans for Failing to End Trump’s Illegal Iran War (Jeff Merkley)

Public Technologies 13 May 2026
Senator Jeff Merkley-a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee-released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to block his War Powers Resolution to end President Trump's illegal war against Iran..
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Secret Service Makes Case for Security Funding Amid G.O.P. Unease on Ballroom

New York Times 13 May 2026
The presidential protection agency detailed how it would use a proposed $1 billion as Republicans asked for more detail and Democrats went on the attack ... .
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CBO estimates Golden Dome could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years

Federal News Radio 13 May 2026
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who requested the CBO to provide a detailed cost estimate of the effort, said the Golden Dome is “nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans.”.
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