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Democrat from Oregon
Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon. He was elected in 2008. Merkley won his first campaign for the Oregon Legislature as a representative in 1998. He was elected Democratic leader in 2003 and speaker of the House in 2007. He studied international relations at Stanford University and earned a graduate degree in public policy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Recent statements involving Jeff Merkley
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."
Oil companies are able to sell oil that costs no more to produce today than it did one year ago.
Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices
Says Scott Bruun supports allowing corporations to secretly funnel millions of dollars to front groups to finance attack ads.
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