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

Members of Congress are divided largely along party lines on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make room ...

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

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 ...

The Senate is planning to vote on a bill that would pay federal workers and military members who have been working without pay since the government shutdown on Oct. 1. The GOP-backed bill, also known ...

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

Sen. Jeff Merkley yielded the Senate floor after more than 22 hours Wednesday, capping off an overnight protest against the Trump administration.

Democratic US Senator Merkley gives marathon speech opposing Trump agenda - Nation and World News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald ...

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon has wrapped up a record-breaking, 22-and-a-half-hour speech protesting President ...

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans to negotiate with ...

Amid the government shutdown and recent 20+ hour filibuster from Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, UNLV Professor Dr. Rebecca Gill ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest ...