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

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's ...

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley spoke all night into the next morning about how Trump is pushing the country toward ...

Oregon's Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor all night long and into the evening on Oct. 22 to protest the Trump ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., held the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes in protest of what he described as ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley is the latest Democrat to take a protracted stand against Trump, holding a marathon speech on the Senate ...

In his 22-hour speech, Sen. Jeff Merkley gave a shout-out to Portlanders' quirky forms of protest and accused federal ...

Trump’s presidency may have amplified executive power, but unless lawmakers roll back those powers, the next administration ...

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley used a 22-hour Senate speech to warn of “authoritarian control,” citing incidents at Portland’s ICE ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 18 hours after announcing he would protest what he ...

U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23 hours beginning Tuesday night against what he called President ...