Senator Jeffery 'Jeff' A. Merkley

Biographical

Full Name: Jeffery 'Jeff' A. Merkley
Current Office: U.S. Senate - Jr, Democratic
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Last 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
Issue Category

Recent Key Votes

H Con Res 34 - 2011-2012 Budget
Legislation-Concurrent Resolution (Nay)

May 25, 2011

S 3985 - Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act
Legislation (Yea)

Dec. 8, 2010 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse additional payments of $250 to individuals who were entitled to any of the following in October, ...

S Amdt 3353 - Payment to Social Security Recipients
Amendment (Yea)

March 3, 2010 - Specifies that no payments for calendar year 2009, as authorized in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (HR 1, the "Stimulus" Act), shall ...

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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
2011 Alliance for Retired Americans Positions 100%
2009-2010 Alzheimer's Impact Movement Positions 67%
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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