WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, set a new state record after he delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor in protest of President Donald Trump's policies as lawmakers remain at odds to ...

Merkley spoke for more than 22 hours — from 6:21 p.m. Tuesday to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday — pausing for lengthy questions from other Democratic senators. His speech was one of the longest in Senate ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes in protest of what he described as President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian” leadership and warning that the ...

All eyes will be watching the Senate vote today, Monday, Oct. 6, as they consider bills that could put an end to the government shutdown 2025. Furloughed federal workers and agencies await a ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), a prominent Senate progressive, held the Senate floor overnight and into Wednesday afternoon, speaking for more than 21 consecutive hours — and counting — to ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats sprinkled ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon's U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon after 22 hours of a marathon speech protesting what his office calls "the Trump Administration’s ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

On the Senate floor just now, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pats himself on the back ahead of another floor vote to pass the GOP's partisan funding bill and reopen government. This time, ...

On the Senate floor just now, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vows to continue the fight for healthcare and rails against the GOP's funding bill ahead of another floor vote, in which there ...

A Senate plan to take up a major fiscal 2026 appropriations package on the floor next week is looking increasingly like a long shot. After finally bringing a 43-day partial government shutdown to an ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) has been speaking on the Senate floor for nearly 20 hours, warning that “tyranny has arrived” in America as the government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. His ...