Senators Call For End To Arctic Drilling As Shell Gets Permits To Begin Work In Chukchi Sea
Published on Desmogblog, Sunday July 26th, 2015. By Mike Gaworecki Shell received the final...
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Tag: Jeff Merkley
"End the Dictatorship": Senator Merkley Leads Call to Repeal Monsanto "Giveaway"
environmentalists and legislators are standing up against the biotech giant and their “dictatorship over seeds, over life, over food and over our freedom.”
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley battles to limit rampant ‘abuse of the filibuster’
Oregon’s junior governor, Jeff Merkley, wants to change the rules so that senators who seek to prevent movement on a bill have to be on the floor — physically — when requesting a filibuster. Nowadays, a senator...
Read MoreSenator Jeff Merkley town hall meeting today in North Bend
Senator Jeff Merkley visited Coos County today, with a ninety minute stop in North Bend to field questions and update the county on what is happening in DC. Merkley had attempted allow with Senator Udall to reform the filibuster rules, as MGx
Read MoreMaddow – Jeff Merkley (D-OR) spearheading filibuster reform in the Senate
Minority party filibuster has required little more effort than a senator lodging an objection and then going home to dinner. New rules, if passed, would require any filibuster to more along the lines of ‘Mr Smith Goes to Washington”.
Read MoreMaddow – Sen Jeff Merkley (D-OR) talking about sacrifice and filibuster
Merkley suggests a rule change to make filibustering require more than just a simple objection.
Read MoreMaddow – Voodoo economics back – Jeff Merkley D-OR talks about it
Tax cuts for the rich grew the national debt during Ronald Reagan’s terms in office, George HW Bush, predicted it would. Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR talks about it with Rachel
