Senator Amy Klobuchar joined Senator Jeff Merkley for an extended Senate floor speech criticizing what they described as ...

Trump’s presidency may have amplified executive power, but unless lawmakers roll back those powers—and the bloated government ...

Jeff Merkley, the Senate’s highest-ranking Democrat on chemical safety, said he wants to “work honestly” across the aisle.

"Watch as Elizabeth Warren delivers a savage nickname for Trump in a Freudian slip that has viewers buzzing! You won't ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald ...

Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has been holding the Senate floor for over 15 hours to warn of Trump's growing authoritarianism, ...

Strongly worded letters are not going to work. To defeat Trump’s autocratic efforts, we need to employ novel and creative ...

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 a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — They’re divided along party lines on policy. They’re divided on the government shutdown. And now federal ...

Senate Democrats have repeatedly voted down a Republican-backed bill to reopen the government during the shutdown, insisting ...