Molly McGuire, JeffMerkley.com · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 10:18 PM

BREAKING: Trump was in Oregon last night

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Latest News: Trump campaign manager visits Oregon. Fight back now. Uh oh. This is a breaking news alert. Last night, Lara Trump and Brad Parscale (Trump's campaign manager), were right here in Oregon. Here's what Parscale had to say: "Oregon's budget in t…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 9:47 PM

What should our next Democratic president focus on first?

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Just like you, I'm watching the presidential race with keen interest. Tonight's debate will be another critical moment. After we defeat Donald Trump, we'll have so much to do to get America back on track. Here's my question for you: What's your highest prio…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 17, 2019 at 10:55 PM

Who is funding the climate deniers?

Jeff Merkley for Senate       Sign the petition: tell corporate America to disclose its dark-money contributions to climate deniers. The planet is hurtling toward climate catastrophe. And two of the worst opponents of climate action, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Asso…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 8:17 PM

The dirty trick dial is up to 11

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Things are pretty intense right now in Washington D.C. Democrats have to be constantly on our guard — because Republicans and their dark-money allies are turning the dirty trick dial up to 11. With the president facing impeachment hearings, with Republican…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 12:25 AM

Sign my petition: Fire Betsy DeVos.

Jeff Merkley for Senate     I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it as long as Donald Trump retains Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education: she is unfit for the job. Betsy DeVos is not an advocate for public education. She never was. She never will be. Please sign my petition: it'…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 13, 2019 at 11:53 PM

Protecting Gold Star Families, Veterans, and Working Americans

Dear John,           In 2006, congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle came together to pass the Military Lending Act -- legislation to rein in predatory payday lenders who repeatedly targeted American servicemembers with dangerously high-interest loans that trapped th…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 13, 2019 at 1:35 AM

Taking on Big Pharma

Dear John,           The researchers who discovered insulin -- medication that over 7 million Americans with diabetes rely on to live -- didn’t want fame and fortune. They just wanted to save lives, and that’s why they sold their patent for insulin for $3 to a university. But to…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 11, 2019 at 3:35 PM

This Veterans Day

Dear John,           One hundred years ago today, America and our allies around the world came together to celebrate the first Armistice Day, a day dedicated to the anniversary of the end of World War I. Since then, November 11 has evolved into Veterans Day--a day that holds a s…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 8, 2019 at 12:56 AM

Keeping Oregon Safe From the ‘Big One’

    A Note From Jeff on Health Care           I want to remind you that open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is happening now until December 15 -- and that you can sign up right here!           Every Oregonian, regardless of the color of their skin, the language they …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 10:12 PM

Alert: Jeff Sessions is running for US Senate

Jeff Merkley for Senate     We have a showdown in Alabama. In the red corner, the architect of Donald Trump's child separation policy — his former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who put Latino children in jails and helped Trump divide Americans on racial lines. In the blue corner, S…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 4:47 PM

They call him "Minnesota's Donald Trump"

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Meet radio personality Jason Lewis. A former one-term Congressman. A former right-wing radio host (including as a guest host for Rush Limbaugh). Known in his home state as "Minnesota's Donald Trump." Now, he's running for the U.S. Senate against my friend…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 10:19 PM

McConnell and Trump are busy this year:

Jeff Merkley for Senate     We are one year away from the 2020 election. This is the starting bell for a one year sprint. We need everyone on the field, fighting to turn our country around. Nobody on the sidelines, nobody sitting on their couch, nobody hiding in the dark with a cushion …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 4:36 PM

Before the the Great Pumpkin arrives:

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Halloween is special. From the to each  kid out there, everyone enjoys setting aside their cares, spending a bit of their hard-earned to spread a little to their friends and neighbors.   This year, however, I have to admit, I’m a little distracted. Because…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 9:57 PM

Our veterans deserve the very best

Dear John,           Day in and day out, America’s service members make sacrifices to protect the freedoms and values that we cherish as a nation. On behalf of all Oregonians, I sincerely thank these brave Americans for their unwavering commitment to public service. Their jobs a…

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  Molly McGuire · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 3:16 PM

What Jeff Merkley said:

Jeff Merkley for Senate   Here's the update: we have $3379 to go to smash through Jeff's October online fundraising goal. Our path to taking back the Senate goes right through this race, through Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump's efforts to put Oregon back in play. Let's take Oregon off…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 26, 2019 at 5:33 PM

the biggest grassroots campaign in Oregon history (again)

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell want to put Oregon in play in 2020. Oregon's been a battleground state before. They think it can be again. Please chip in $3 to help us demonstrate our grassroots strength before the end of the month. Donate Now Trump and …

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  Mary Sorteberg · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 4:37 PM

Jeff's answer? "If it's true, we have to do something."

Jeff Merkley for Senate     I remember the day when Jeff told me he was going to go down to the border to investigate what was happening with the children that he had heard were being caged by our government. Having been married to Jeff for 27 years, I was not surprised for a minute w…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 19, 2019 at 5:35 PM

We are building a movement to stop the violence

Jeff Merkley for Senate     It's all an act. In the aftermath of mass shootings, Donald Trump pretends to have courage when it comes to taking on gun violence. But, in the end, he never does anything. All it takes is one call from the NRA, and he falls into line. Parkland. El Paso. …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 17, 2019 at 6:09 PM

If we lose again in Michigan, Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump win

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Democrats lost Michigan in 2016. We can't afford to lose it again in 2020. That's why Republicans are piling on Democratic Senator Gary Peters, and why he needs your help right now. Here's what you need to know: With the support of the Republican establishm…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 13, 2019 at 3:34 PM

Neil Gorsuch & Brett Kavanaugh

Jeff Merkley for Senate     The Supreme Court is back in session. And their 2019-2020 docket looks to be one of the most dramatic in years. What's at stake? A woman's right to a safe and legal abortion. Laws that take on our nation's gun violence epidemic. Whether or not businesses…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 8, 2019 at 8:30 PM

The non-impeachment news you might have missed

Jeff Merkley for Senate     As the House of Representatives continues its investigation into impeachable offenses committed by this President, our work to serve the people continues. Just a few of the things you might have missed over the last couple weeks: We learned that the Trump a…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 7, 2019 at 12:31 AM

My thoughts on impeachment

Dear John,           I’m sure you’ve been hearing a lot about impeachment lately -- on the news, online, and maybe from your own friends and family.            As impeachment proceedings begin in the U.S. Congress, I wanted you to also hear directly from me as your representati…

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  Sarah Lane, JeffMerkley.com · [email protected]

October 6, 2019 at 6:45 PM

Just a quick story about Jeff

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Hello my name is Sarah Lane and I work for Senator Merkley's campaign. Today is the one year anniversary of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court. I'll never forget how I felt in the days leading up to the vote. Senators on both sides of the ais…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 4, 2019 at 12:06 AM

Addressing the Housing and Homelessness Crisis

    Delivering on Oregon's Priorities           As the only Oregon member of Congress from either chamber since Senator Mark Hatfield to serve on the Appropriations Committee, Jeff uses his seat to make sure Oregonians’ tax dollars come home to address the priorities of our state. …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 3, 2019 at 9:04 PM

No more Kavanaughs

Jeff Merkley for Senate     The Constitution is very clear. It's the US Senate's job to provide advice and consent on the President's nominees to the Supreme Court. One year ago, Brett Kavanaugh was being considered for the Supreme Court. And the Trump White House engaged in a cover-up…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 7:17 PM

Committing ourselves to action on this somber anniversary

Jeff Merkley for Senate     It's been four years since the shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, the deadliest mass shooting in Oregon in over a hundred years. A professor and eight students were killed, including my cousin. It's been two years since the horrors at a Las Vegas…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 11:05 PM

This is what's at stake:

Jeff Merkley for Senate     If Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell get what they want — a victory in Oregon in 2020 — our entire progressive agenda will be at risk. We can't let that happen. Donate $3 today, by midnight. We must show them that we are taking Oregon off the map. The best way…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 3:04 PM

They really, really, really want me to lose.

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Let me be blunt. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell want to put Oregon in play in 2020. After all, Hillary Clinton won just 50.07% of the vote here in 2016. They want to recruit a top-flight challenger to take me on. And it's our job to do everything we can to …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 30, 2019 at 2:34 AM

We must bring an end to Trumpism

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Our September grassroots fundraising deadline is tomorrow night, just hours away, and we have $18,892 to go to smash through our goal. Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and their right-wing allies are conspiring to protect their corruption in Washington DC. I ne…

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  Team Merkley · [email protected]

September 28, 2019 at 6:04 PM

Would you put this sticker on your bike, laptop, or car?

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Everywhere he goes, Senator Merkley tells audiences that we all have a single mission in 2020: Dump Trump, Ditch Mitch, Save America! Does that sound like the kind of mission statement you'd like to share with everyone you meet? Well, here at Team Merkley, w…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 27, 2019 at 5:30 PM

She was 24 and pregnant when her husband was killed

Jeff Merkley for Senate     You know what makes America special? It's coming together to give everyone a chance, even when times are tough or disaster strikes. Take Iowa's Theresa Greenfield. Her story is as inspiring as it is excruciating. Theresa was 24 years old, with a baby on her …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 5:45 PM

The path to the Senate goes through Maine

Jeff Merkley for Senate     One year ago, the Senate was in the middle of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing—and Christine Blasey Ford's heart wrenching testimony against him. The New York Times recently uncovered yet another story of Kavanaugh's misconduct, reinforcing that Judge …

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 24, 2019 at 10:53 PM

Impeachment

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Today is a day that will be talked about for generations; that will be written about in history books. Why? Because my Democratic colleagues in the House are moving forward with a formal impeachment inquiry of the President. It's about time. I strongly supp…

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  Molly McGuire · [email protected]

September 22, 2019 at 4:35 PM

We'll match your grassroots donation

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Okay. Here's the update on September's online grassroots goal: we have $41,030 left to raise before the end of the month to support Senator Merkley's re-election campaign. Here's the awesome news. I just spoke with a strong progressive supporter of Jeff's an…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 3:53 PM

They're on strike. I stand with them.

Jeff Merkley for Senate     All across the country, young people are demanding action from us on climate change. Today, they're walking out in protest of our nation's inaction as part of a Global Climate Strike. Their demands are perfectly reasonable: they want to inherit a healthy pla…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 19, 2019 at 5:29 PM

BREAKING NEWS: They called it a "stunt"

Jeff Merkley for Senate     We're just now learning how top officials at the Department of Homeland Security reacted to my June 2018 visit to the border that blew the lid off the child separation and detention scandal.In emails just discovered by a watchdog organization, Trump's Homeland…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 11:16 PM

Rivers of drug-fueled money

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Purdue Pharma had a big plan. Hook people on opioids like OxyContin. Lean on groups like the World Health Organization to look the other way. And then turn their backs on the victims when people became addicted and started dying. That's the opioid crisis in…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 16, 2019 at 10:26 PM

A cover-up, not an investigation

Blue Wave Project       Brett Kavanaugh does not belong on the Supreme Court. He lied to the Senate and to the American people. The Trump administration conspired to conceal over 200,000 documents about Kavanaugh's tenure in the Bush White House.   And, of course, the credible allega…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 15, 2019 at 12:05 PM

Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it.

Jeff Merkley for Senate     The goal for 2020: Take back the Senate. The obstacle: Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and far-right SuperPACs who want to defeat me. Trump's team is targeting Oregon as new territory to conquer. Our plan: raise another $51,487 before the end of the month to…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 3:06 PM

How you can fight back against violent rhetoric

Jeff Merkley for Senate     This is unacceptable.You'll recall that Mark Kelly is running for the U.S. Senate in Arizona. He's a decorated astronaut and the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was gravely injured at a mass shooting at a "Congress on your Corner" event. No…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM

As a hurricane arrives, what does Trump do with disaster funding?

Jeff Merkley for Senate     We’ve got to do something. Donald Trump is so obsessed with traumatizing migrant children and families that he cut funding for disaster response right as a hurricane is bearing down on the east coast, so he could get more money for his cruel attacks on migra…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 5:56 PM

[Petition] Stop exorbitant CEO pay

Jeff Merkley for Senate     My dad was a union machinist, and he and my mom were able to buy a home, save for retirement, and help me be the first in my family to go to college on his blue collar income. Today that's pretty hard to imagine. Instead, all the wealth goes to the top and ev…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 5:09 PM

15,000 paper butterflies

Jeff Merkley for Senate     While we're going about our lives, 15,000 migrant children were being jailed by Donald Trump as of last December. Two girls in California, Kaia and Lily, heard that number and decided to take action to raise awareness about each and every one of those childr…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 1:35 AM

Ending Big Pharma’s Greed

Dear John,           At a time when countless patients struggle to afford the lifesaving medicines they need, the pharmaceutical industry’s lobbyists are fighting tooth and nail to stop legislation that would actually lower drug prices. To make matters even worse, the Trump admi…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 26, 2019 at 6:54 PM

Let's flip one more seat -- in North Carolina!

Jeff Merkley for Senate     You could call it the last election of 2018. Or maybe it's the first election of 2020. Either way, election day is in just a few weeks. You probably remember this: In North Carolina's 9th District, elections officials unanimously threw out the results of t…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 23, 2019 at 9:31 PM

Locking up children and throwing away the key

Jeff Merkley for Senate     You know the horrors Donald Trump is inflicting on migrant families, families seeking asylum, and their children. This is the president and administration who literally took small children crying from their parents' arms. Who has said they won't give flu va…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 20, 2019 at 4:10 PM

Donald Trump, the Koch Bros., the NRA, and Mitch McConnell

Jeff Merkley for Senate     I've made a lot of enemies lately. Donald Trump? He's furious that I'm calling him out for his endless cruelties — especially when it comes to his gulags of migrant children. Mitch McConnell and his army of big-money backers? They are desperate to not lose co…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 17, 2019 at 4:05 PM

One of the most outrageous things I've ever heard

Jeff Merkley for Senate     Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa just said one of the most outrageous things I've ever heard. Steve King made the awful remarks while he was advocating for a total ban on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Read it for yourself, from the De…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 8:37 PM

Military Families Deserve More

Dear John,            Since the founding of our nation, America’s service members have dedicated their lives to protecting us and the values we hold dear. And throughout their service, their families and loved ones are with them every step of the way -- no matter how many miles s…

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  Senator Jeff Merkley · [email protected]

August 14, 2019 at 8:09 PM

I want to tell you about my dad

Jeff Merkley for Senate       I know the importance of a solid, steady paycheck.   Growing up, my dad was a union mechanic. On his wages, my parents were able to buy a modest ranch home, take annual camping vacations, and save a little for retirement.   Thanks to my dad and mom's h…

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