M001176 1956-10-24 2289 B40b Dirksen Senate Office Building http://merkley.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm 202-228-3997 Jeff 'd':4 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'merkley':3,7,9 M 412325 Merkley Sen. Jeff Merkley [D, OR] 946 N00029303 4502 Democrat 202-224-3753 OR Jeff Jeff Merkley 2.55172413793103 http://merkley.senate.gov 412325 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:24:51 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...or we can continue with the status quo health care system that leaves millions of Americans behind. Now is the time for members of Congress to engage in real leadership, do what we were elected to do, and allow this bill to the Senate floor for debate. 'quo':18 'sen':8 'bill':51 'care':20 'hill':59 'jeff':9 'leav':23 'plan':3 'real':39 'time':31 'allow':49 'block':5 'debat':57 'elect':45 'engag':37 'floor':55 'senat':54 'behind':27 'health':19 'member':33 'reform':7 'status':17 'system':21 'continu':14 'merkley':10 'million':24 'american':26 'congress':35 'healthcar':6 'leadership':40 'republican':2 6740178 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/68737-the-republican-plan-to-block-healthcare-reform-sen-jeff-merkley 412325 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 22:26:03 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner speaks with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) about the status of healthcare reform legislation in the Senate. Merkley tells Ratner that he expects Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to release a merged bill later today, but a 'd':20,44 'nev':45 'ore':21 'sen':16 'bill':9,50 'jeff':17 'merg':49 'news':57 'reid':42 'talk':55 'tell':33 'chief':11 'd-nev':43 'd-ore':19 'ellen':12 'harri':41 'later':51 'major':39 'radio':56 'senat':6,31,38 'share':3 'speak':14 'today':52 'bureau':10 'expect':37 'health':7 'latest':4 'leader':40 'legisl':28 'oregon':1 'ratner':13,34 'reform':8,27 'releas':47 'servic':58 'status':24 'merkley':18,32 'democrat':2 'healthcar':26 6734756 true true daylife Talk Radio News Service http://talkradionews.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/OqNGROsGuAc/ 412325 Person senate Tue Nov 17 22:30:56 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...coal state senators constitute a voting bloc. "You are not going to have 60 votes in the Senate to shut down coal," Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., a liberal who supports stronger environmental and accountability standards for coal plants, told Politico. But 'd':33 '60':20 'go':17 'ore':34 'sen':29 'bill':3 'bloc':13 'coal':5,7,28,45 'jeff':30 'post':51 'shut':26 'told':47 'vote':12,21 'chang':2 'd-ore':32 'liber':36 'plant':46 'senat':9,24 'state':6,8 'climat':1 'account':42 'merkley':31 'support':38 'chronicl':52 'politico':48 'standard':43 'stronger':39 'constitut':10 'environment':40 6723182 true true daylife The Post Chronicle http://www.postchronicle.com/ OK http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212268457.shtml?ref=rss 412325 Person democrat Sun Nov 15 22:25:01 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Ron Wyden and cosponsored by fellow Democrat Sen. Jeff Merkley, also from Oregon. The 480-acre monument is surrounded by the Rogue River-Siskiyou National ... 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'hot':5 'sen':23 'care':28 'cash':2 'issu':6 'jeff':7 'mark':12,24 'talk':26 'innov':17 'parti':1 'alaska':22 'begich':25 'health':27 'oregon':10 'polici':18 'warner':13 'discuss':16 'merkley':8 'bingaman':20 'politico':31 'virginia':15 'technolog':30 6707027 true true google news Politico OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29558.html 412325 Person senator Sun Nov 15 22:25:00 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, consistently strong supporters of veterans, lauded the achievement. "This is a tremendous victory for ... 'ron':5 'east':26 'jeff':8 'laud':17 'senat':2,4 'thank':1 'wyden':6 'achiev':19 'murray':3 'oregon':11 'strong':13 'consist':12 'merkley':9 'support':14 'tremend':23 'veteran':16 'victori':24 'oregonian':27 6707025 true true google news East Oregonian OK http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100224&SectionID=14&SubSectionID=50 412325 Person sen\. Fri Nov 13 22:27:10 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., voted in favor of the 18-month delay in a July vote by the Environment and Public Works Committee. 'd':10 '-5':2 '18':17 'hit':4 'ore':11 'sen':6 'busi':32 'jeff':7 'juli':22 'vote':12,23 'work':29 'bridg':3 'd-ore':9 'delay':19 'favor':14 'month':18 'public':28 'environ':26 'journal':33 'merkley':8 'committe':30 'gridlock':5 'portland':31 6687999 true true google news Portland Business Journal OK http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/16/story9.html?b=1258347600%5E2437711 412325 Person senator Fri Nov 13 22:27:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...John Doerr and others who "invite you to join" Boxer and other senators, including Feinstein, Mark Warner of Virginia, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Mark Begich of Alaska. Joel Benenson, pollster for President Obama, is listed 'dem':1 'new':26 'san':45 'jeff':23,28 'joel':37 'john':4 'join':12 'list':44 'mark':19,33 'rais':3 'boxer':13 'doerr':5 'invit':9 'obama':42 'other':7 'senat':16 'alaska':36 'begich':34 'includ':17 'mexico':27 'oregon':31 'presid':41 'warner':20 'merkley':29 'benenson':38 'bingaman':24 'chronicl':47 'fundrais':2 'pollster':39 'virginia':22 'feinstein':18 'francisco':46 6688001 true true daylife San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/ OK http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=aa41eba72b5ccbf488f2fab46d56fe1a 412325 Person sen\. Fri Nov 13 22:27:10 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Zachary Coile, a spokesman for Boxer, said Thursday that "Sen. Boxer was invited to join this panel to deliver the same message she's been giving in ... 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'4':39 'd':27 'ii':8 'ago':41 'ame':38 'ore':28 'say':29 'sen':24 'hour':40 'jeff':25 'make':37 'capua':10 'deriv':32 'first':13 'obama':2 'posit':20 'power':15 'author':35 'branch':18 'enumer':14 'legisl':17 'absolut':19 'control':23 'landulf':7 'merkley':26 'moonbat':1,42 'congress':31 'klingsor':4,5 'constitut':34 6737225 false true google blog MOONBAT http://m00nbat.blogspot.com/ OK http://m00nbat.blogspot.com/2009/11/obama-is-klingsor-klingsor-is-landulf.html 412325 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:24:46 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Republican plan to block healthcare reform (Sen. Jeff Merkley) The Hill 11/19/09 05:43 PM ET Last night, we took a huge step forward towards passing health care reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled details of the . ... 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'pay':11 'sen':27 'back':12 'jeff':28 'need':35 'push':44 'time':7 'chang':48 'obama':9 'polit':41 'solut':24 'stump':50 'world':14 'attend':33 'climat':47 'decemb':21 'editor':4 'leader':15 'letter':1 'oregon':26 'repres':42 'converg':17 'discuss':23 'drastic':46 'merkley':29,38 'pressur':37 'schedul':31 'copenhagen':19 6740173 false true google blog The Stump http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/ OK http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2009/11/letters_to_the_editor_its_time.html 412325 Person senate Thu Nov 19 22:24:46 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Oregon: Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley earned a ``golden gavel'' Wednesday after reaching 100 hours as the chamber's presiding officer. And while it may not seem like much to viewers watching the Senate plod along hour after hour, ... 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're':30 'lie':21 'sen':1 'also':31 'blog':47 'care':10,15 'feed':48 'full':46 'jeff':2 'like':26 'plan':6 'post':45 'block':8 'creat':22 'frank':27 'luntz':28 'oppon':12 'peddl':20 'shame':41 'health':9,14 'realli':42 'reform':11,16 'whatev':33 'manipul':24 'merkley':3 'messeng':25 'obstruct':37 'progress':38 'huffington':44 'republican':5 6740171 false true google blog The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-merkley/the-republican-plan-to-bl_b_364058.html 412325 Person senator Thu Nov 19 22:24:46 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 An Oregon Perspective: Taking Back our Economy. By Senator Jeff Merkley for Salem-News.com. Oregon families are still hurting from the damage done by the big Wall Street banks. ... 'big':33 'back':5,13 'bank':36 'done':30 'hurt':26 'jeff':18 'take':4,12 'wall':34 'damag':29 'senat':17 'still':25 'famili':23 'oregon':2,10,22 'street':35 'economi':7,15 'merkley':19 'perspect':3,11 'salem-news.com':8,21,37 6740174 false true google blog Salem-News.com http://salem-news.com/ OK http://salem-news.com/articles/november192009/merkley_oped.php 412325 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:24:46 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The bill includes language proposed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and others to preserve organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Jean Halloran, Director of Consumers Union's Food Policy Initiatives, said Congress needs to pass food ... 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