Sanders supporter Senator Jeff Merkley on supporting a convention battle:...
One of Senator Sanders most ardent and progressive supporters is not on board with a contested convention scenario.Please notice how Senator Merkley mentions pledged delegates and vote totals as the...
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VT-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Praises Leahy's (D) Work Taking On Big Ag And...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D. VT) re-election campaign:Sen. Patrick Leahy (D. VT)One month from today Vermont will...
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Sanders Supporter Sen. Jeff Merkley, "unity is going to begin today as soon...
Sanders backer, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is all in for Democratic Party unity.Great to see this happening. www.bloomberg.com/…We have to be unified to take on Trump. And that unity is going to begin...
View ArticleThe $600B Defense Bill Weakens Transparency and Accountability. Only 7 D...
Today, the Senate voted on the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, after a successful 68-23 cloture vote on Friday.The bill passed 85 to 13. 7 Democrats and 6 Republicans voted against it.Here...
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Hillary and Senate Progressives: Why Wall Street will be in rough water after...
.Wall Street is an important part of our economy, but there is no question that it needs to be better regulated, that it needs to be reigned in. Democrats are keen on limiting Wall Street, while...
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MD, HI & NV-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps These Climate Hawks Hold Onto...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):We saw it play out in this year’s riveting NBA playoffs: Good offense often starts with good defense. Blocked shots on the defensive...
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WI, NH, NC & PA-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Wants To Replace These Koch...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):At midnighttonight, our endorsed Climate Champions hit one of the most important fundraising deadlines of the election year.This is the...
View ArticleJeff Merkley for Vice President?
Below is an interesting article by Robert Borosage of Campaign for America's Future.The article focuses on Borosage's suggestion that Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon would make a good vice presidential...
View ArticleWho Is Guarding the Chickens?
The Oregonian / OregonLive is reporting that Oregon’s two Democratic senators are teaming to introduce legislation that would ensure federal rail investigators would have the power to respond to major...
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Top Comments - Netroots Nation 2016 Update
More below.Top Comments recognizes the previous day's Top Mojo and strives to promote each day's outstanding comments through nominations made by Kossacks like you. Please send comments (before 9:30pm...
View Article10 Senate Dems, including Warren and Sanders, Call on Obama to Reduce...
Yesterday, Ed Markey (D-MA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) led eight of their colleagues in a letter to Obama urging him to scale back excessive nuclear modernization plans, adopt a policy of no-first-use...
View Articleseveral quick reactions at the end of the night
First, well before we got to Sanders most of the people being obnoxious had let go of it. Still, MSNBC talks to three delegates afterward and all 3 are still rejecting Clinton. That seems very much...
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WI-Sen: Sen Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Lends A Hand To Russ Feingold's (D) Cheddarbomb
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Russ Feingold’s (D. WI) U.S. Senate campaign:Russ Feingold (D. WI)Today is the day progressives from across the country...
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PA-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps McGinty (D) Fight Back Against Toomey...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Katie McGinty’s (D. PA) U.S. Senate campaign:Katie McGinty (D. PA)We’ve got a true progressive Climate Champion in Katie...
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NC-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps Fellow Climate Hawk Deborah Ross (D)...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):A few months ago, the professional political pundits didn’t give Democrats a chance in North Carolina.Today? The latest polls show a...
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NV-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Refuses To Let The Kochs Buy Harry Reid's (D)...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s (D. NV) U.S. Senate campaign:A top-tier swing state, Nevada is...
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NV, NC & PA-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Teams Up With LCV To Help These...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):Katie McGinty (D. PA)There's a lot of nonsense in the news these days about the election – and a lot of it is ugly and negative.But...
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MO-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Gives Jason Kander (D) The Boost He Needs To...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Secretary of State Jason Kander’s (D. MO) U.S. Senate campaign:We have a chance to cement a progressive majority on the...
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PA-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps Fuel McGinty's (D) Campaign To Defeat...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Katie McGinty’s (D. PA) U.S. Senate campaign:Climate Champion Katie McGinty is hanging tough in a dead-even U.S. Senate...
View ArticleThis Sanders Delegate Is Keeping the Faith -- Voting Democratic, As Ever
I’m just out of the frame in this photo — our Maryland delegation was just above and across the aisle from the Vermont delegation. I’ve seen a video of this scene that aired on television, where you...
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