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|name=Jeff Merkley

|name=Jeff Merkley

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|spouse=Mary Soderberg

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'''Jeffrey Alan Merkley''' (born October 24, 1956) is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Oregon]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]]. He has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 97% of the time during the current [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/M001176/</ref> Previously he served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.  

'''Jeffrey Alan “Jeff” Merkley''' (born October 24, 1956) is the junior [[United States Senator]] from [[Oregon]] and a [[progressive]] member of the [[Democratic Party]], being the only U.S. Senator to endorse [[Bernie Sanders]] in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries. He has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 97% of the time during the current [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/M001176/</ref> Previously he served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. He currently serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, and the Budget Committee.

Jeff Merkley serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, and the Budget Committee.

Merkley [[collude]]d in the [[Kavanaugh smear]] with a 15-hour [[filibuster]] on the Senate floor and is a supporter of the [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]].<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/merkley-wyden-join-colleagues-to-introduce-green-new-deal-resolution-</ref>

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