Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley has been holding a marathon speech since 4:30 p.m. on Monday to protest President Trump and his ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon is staging a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest President Donald Trump’s “tightening authoritarian grip on the country” amid the government shutdown.

Sen. Jeff Merkley started speaking at 6:58 p.m. Tuesday night, and still held the floor as of 8:30 the following morning.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley has been holding the Senate floor for over 15 hours to warn of Trump’s growing authoritarianism, citing his attacks on the free press, deployment of the military ...

(CNN) — Sen. Jeff Merkley in a marathon speech on the Senate floor spoke out against Donald Trump’ “grave threats to democracy.” The Oregon Democrat began his remarks at 6:24 p.m. ET Tuesday and kept ...

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

Republicans don’t seem too worried that the president is about to fleece the Justice Department for $230 million.

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