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Sen. Jeffery Merkley
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. Senate
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First Elected
11/4/2008
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
7
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
53
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Missed Vote %
1.22%
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Votes with Party
96.61%
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OFFICE ADDRESS
131 Northwest Hawthorne Avenue Suite 208 Bend, OR
Ph: 541-318-1298
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Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley is the junior United States Senator from Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley was a five-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing House District 47, located in eastern Multnomah County within the Portland city limits. He also served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.
He defeated two-term Republican incumbent Gordon Smith in the 2008 U.S. Senate election....
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Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley is the junior United States Senator from Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley was a five-term member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing House District 47, located in eastern Multnomah County within the Portland city limits. He also served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2254
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2223
A bill to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend increased expensing limitations and the treatment of certain real property as section 179 property.
Current Status
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2184
A bill to designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located in The Dalles, Oregon, as the "Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans' Clinic".
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2164
A bill to prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2149
A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2148
A bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 331....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2087
A bill to protect the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to reconciliation involving changes to the Medicare program.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S2070
A bill to reduce the number of nuclear-armed submarines operated by the Navy, to prohibit the development of a new long-range penetrating bomber aircraft, to prohibit the procurement of new intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services....
Jeffery Merkley
has sponsored bill
S1771
Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act of 2013
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources....
Jeffery Merkley
has sponsored bill
S1708
A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S1696
A bill to protect a women's right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision of abortion services.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S1693
A bill to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend the initial open enrollment period.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S1633
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
Jeffery Merkley
has sponsored bill
S1628
A bill to provide Federal death and disability benefits for contractors who serve as firefighters of the Forest Service, Department of the Interior agencies, or any State or local entity.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary....
Jeffery Merkley
has co-sponsored bill S1624
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance....
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