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Summary

Senator Jeffery 'Jeff' A. Merkley

Full Name: Jeffery 'Jeff' A. Merkley
Office: U.S. Senate (OR) - Jr, Democratic
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Mary; 2 Children: Jonathan, Brynne
Birth Date: 10/24/1956
Birth Place: Eugene, OR
Home City: Portland, OR
Religion: Christian

Recent Key Votes

HR 5281 - DREAM Act
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 18, 2010 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of an undocumented immigrant and grant him or her conditional nonimmigrant status for a ...

S Amdt 4214 - National Guard Deployment on Southern U.S. Land Border
Amendment (Nay)

May 27, 2010 - -Rescinds $250 million in unobligated amounts made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("stimulus bill") to offset the aforementioned appropriation for ...

S Amdt 1399 - Requiring Completion of Reinforced Border Fencing
Amendment (Yea)

July 8, 2009 - Deems vehicle barriers, motion sensitive cameras and other forms of "virtual fencing" ineffective, and therefore do not meet the requirement of being a pedestrian ...

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Recent Public Statements

Water Resources Development Act of 2013

May 9, 2013 - BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT Mr. MERKLEY. The heart of the WIFIA program is about jobs. It is about infrastructure. Five years after the greatest economic crisis ...

Merkley: Oregon Retailers Should Not Be Forced to Collect Inefficient, Regressive Sales Tax

May 6, 2013 - Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the passage of a bill to force internet retailers to collect sales taxes for states and ...

Letter to President Barack Obama - Don't Cut Timber Sales

May 2, 2013 - Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch have joined a bipartisan letter led by Senators Jon Tester (D-Montana.), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2009-2013 NumbersUSA [Americans for Better Immigration] Positions - Reduce Illegal Jobs and Presence (Feb 11, 2013) 0%
2009-2013 NumbersUSA [Americans for Better Immigration] Positions - Reduce Illegal Immigration Rewards (Feb 11, 2013) 0%
2009-2013 NumbersUSA [Americans for Better Immigration] Positions - Reduce Amnesty Enticements (Feb 11, 2013) 0%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $8,886,520.00
Total Spent $8,092,273.00
Cash On Hand $544,389.00
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

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Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/

Washington, D.C. Website
http://merkley.senate.gov/

Capitol Website - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/jeffmerkley

Capitol Website - Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/senjeffmerkley

Capitol Website - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/SenatorJeffMerkley

Washington, D.C.
313 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-3753
Fax: 202-228-3997

District
121 Southwest Salmon Street
Suite 1400
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-326-3386
Fax: 503-326-2900

District
10 South Bartlett Street
Suite 201
Medford, OR 97501
Phone: 541-608-9102

District
495 State Street
Suite 330
Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-362-8102

District
405 East 8th Avenue
Suite 2010
Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: 541-465-6750

District
310 Southeast Second Street
Suite 105
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: 541-278-1129

District
131 Northwest Hawthorne Avenue
Suite 208
Bend, OR 97701
Phone: 541-318-1298

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