2 days ago · 02.05.25 Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley: Vought Dangerously Unfit to Lead OMB. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley—Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee—released the following statement as Senate Democrats speak on the Senate floor all night in opposition to the nomination of Russell Vought to serve as Director of the Office of Management and ...

2 days ago · U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon says he’s prepared to push back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to expand presidential authority over federal spending approved by Congress. ... Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, worked for the president in his first term and has made it clear he believes ...

1 day ago · This still from video shows Sen. Jeff Merkley as Senate Democrats begin their overnight marathon of speeches in protest of Russ Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget on ...

Jan 22, 2025 · – Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley – Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee – released the following statement as prepared for delivery for a hearing on the nomination of Russell Vought to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget: “Good morning, Chairman Graham, and congratulations on your new role leading this Committee.

22 hours ago · Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) discusses his concerns regarding Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget nominee, Russell Vought, and what Democrats are doing to push back. Feb. 6, 2025

23 hours ago · Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by members of the Senate Budget Committee, criticizes Russ Vought, an author of the conservative handbook Project 2025 and President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Office of Management and Budget, at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

2 days ago · Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they are joining colleagues to demand answers and action from the Trump administration about the acute financial impacts and lingering uncertainty faced by Head Start programs in Oregon and nationwide following the Office of Management and Budget’s memo that froze funding government-wide, and […]

1 day ago · Democratic senators are speaking through the night in protest of Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., the ranking Democrat on the committee, announced ahead of the vote that he and other Democrats would skip the markup and instead hold a press conference to protest the...

Jan 22, 2025 · Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, raised the issue at the top of the hearing on Vought’s nomination on Wednesday morning, asking the nominee whether...