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Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Probe Collapse in IRS Investigations of Wealthy Tax Cheats Under Trump

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined Senate colleagues to demand answers on how Republican funding clawbacks and DOGE staff cuts have gutted the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division’s ability […]

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ELFRETH, MERKLEY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT PARTISAN NATIONAL PARK PASSES

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the top Democrat overseeing funding for the National Park Service, introduced the Prohibit Partisan Park Passes […]

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At Veterans Committee Hearing, Senator Murray Slams Secretary Collins for Unacceptable Response to the Murder of VA Nurse Alex Pretti; Presses Collins on VA Abortion Ban

Washington, D.C. — Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)—a former chair and senior member of the committee—spoke forcefully about the […]

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CBO TELLS MERKLEY: TRUMP’S BRAZEN NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO AMERICAN CITIES HAS SO FAR COST U.S. TAXPAYERS UPWARDS OF $589 MILLION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that President Donald Trump’s brazen decision to deploy National Guard personnel to […]