M001176 1956-10-24 2324 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] 971 N00029303 4583 Democrat 202-224-3753 OR Jeff Jeff Merkley 2.46666666666667 http://merkley.senate.gov 412325 Person democrat Tue Nov 24 11:18:04 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...can be held in time to allow the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by August 2010. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley met with Iraqi officials, the U.S. ambassador and military commander, and some Oregon soldiers in the Army's 1st Cava '1st':48 'met':30 'ron':25 'sen':24 'u.s':17,35 '2010':22 'armi':46 'cava':49 'held':8 'iraq':5 'jeff':28 'time':10 'allow':12 'iraqi':32 'salem':50 'senat':2 'troop':19 'wyden':26 'august':21 'combat':18 'offici':33 'oregon':1,42 'command':39 'journal':53 'merkley':29 'schedul':14 'soldier':43 'democrat':23 'militari':38 'optimist':3 'withdraw':15 'statesman':52 'ambassador':36 'statesman-journ':51 6771141 true true daylife Salem Statesman-Journal http://www.statesmanjournal.com/ OK http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091124/STATE/911240326/1042 412325 Person democrat Tue Nov 24 22:25:18 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Burris, on his first official overseas trip as senator, is traveling with Democrats Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon, Michael Bennett of Colorado and ... 'ron':17 'sun':28 'jeff':14 'time':29 'trip':7 'burri':1 'first':4 'senat':9 'wyden':18 'offici':5 'oregon':20 'travel':11 'bennett':22 'chicago':26 'merkley':15 'michael':21 'oversea':6 'sun-tim':27 'colorado':24 'democrat':13 6782198 true true google news Chicago Sun-Times OK http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/11/20/ethics_committee_no_punishment_for_burris/ 412325 Person senate Mon Nov 23 22:54:05 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 And as I wrote on Saturday, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is pushing to have a similar program included in the upcoming Senate jobs bill. ... 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'ron':17 'sun':28 'jeff':14 'time':29 'trip':7 'burri':1 'first':4 'senat':9 'wyden':18 'offici':5 'oregon':20 'travel':11 'bennett':22 'chicago':26 'merkley':15 'michael':21 'oversea':6 'sun-tim':27 'colorado':24 'democrat':13 6765887 true true google news Chicago Sun-Times OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002196.html 412325 Person senate Mon Nov 23 22:54:05 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., hopes to boost federal support for energy efficiency efforts by including efficiency retrofit provisions in a Senate jobs ... 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'one':8 'sen':17 'via':23 'east':31 'five':10 'jeff':18 'donat':20 'senat':3,25 'comput':4,21,27 'oregon':11,16 'receiv':2 'school':1,6,12,14,29 'merkley':19 'program':30 'district':15 'oregonian':32 6765889 true true google news East Oregonian OK http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100487&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48 412325 Person senate Mon Nov 23 11:35:18 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is now advocating that any jobs bill include support for building retrofits to create jobs and reduce energy bills. What he’s got in mind is a variation on his S. 1574: Clean Energy for Homes and Buildings Act of 2009. It’s des 'd':15 'act':55 'des':60 'got':39 'job':4,22,31 'ore':16 '1574':48 '2009':57 'bill':5,23,35 'help':7 'home':52 'jeff':12 'mind':41 'want':2 'advoc':19 'build':9,27,54 'clean':49 'creat':30 'd-ore':14 'grist':61 'reduc':33 'senat':3 'effici':10 'energi':34,50 'financ':8 'includ':24 'variat':44 'merkley':1,13 'support':25 'retrofit':11,28 6753112 true true daylife Grist http://www.grist.org/ OK http://feeds.grist.org/click.phdo?i=0fa7ebc77f884adaae9fb2630aaa0d29 412325 Person senate Mon Nov 23 22:54:05 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) is now advocating that any jobs bill include support for building retrofits to create jobs and reduce energy bills. ... 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'way':41 'blue':26 'book':38 'curl':9 'good':6 'jeff':16 'judg':33 'kind':28 'lead':43 'meet':22 'read':50 'time':7 'alway':4 'color':27 'cover':35 'doesn':48 'peopl':20 'senat':15 'usual':18 'believ':46 'oregon':12 'strike':19 'holiday':2 'merkley':17 'everyman':30 'freshman':14 'downwithtyranni':1,52 6802162 false true google blog DownWithTyranny! http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/ OK http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/11/holidays-are-always-good-time-to-curl.html 412325 Person senator Wed Nov 25 22:20:36 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Washington, DC - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan Wednesday to implement several improvements to ... 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H 'h':46 'ask':34 'pay':44 'set':9 'tom':18 '5000':45 'call':3 'dian':14 'give':40 'host':31 'jeff':12,22 'mark':20,25 'skip':7 '10000':41 '30400':37 'boxer':17 'guest':43 'senat':5,11 'tweet':47 'would':39 'attend':30 'begich':26 'carper':19 'consum':1 'gazett':48 'warner':21 'barbara':16 'merkley':23 'schedul':28 'sponsor':38 'bingaman':13 'fundrais':8 'watchdog':2 'contribut':36 'feinstein':15 6771136 false true google blog Tweet Gazette http://tweetgazette.com/ OK http://tweetgazette.com/uncategorized/consumer-watchdog-calls-on-senators-to-skip-fundraiser-set-for-google-headquarters/ 412325 Person congress Tue Nov 24 22:25:16 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 While the effort in Congress deals with the entirety of the business operations in the country, those familiar with the natural resource effort (U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Kurt Schrader) have shown interest. ... 'oan':1,44 'rep':38 'sen':34 'tax':8 'u.s':33 'busi':21 'deal':15 'jeff':35 'kurt':39 'oper':22 'estat':7 'natur':30 'relat':3,46 'shown':42 'state':5 'effort':12,32 'govern':2,45 'reform':9 'countri':25 'merkley':36 'resourc':31 'congress':14 'entireti':18 'familiar':27 'interest':43 'schrader':40 6782194 false true google blog OAN Government Relations http://oangovernmentrelations.blogspot.com/ OK http://oangovernmentrelations.blogspot.com/2009/11/state-of-estate-tax-reform.html 412325 Person sen\. Wed Nov 25 11:20:54 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) says that one's easy: “The very first enumerated power gives the power to provide for the common defense and the general welfare. So it's right on, right on the front end.” For those who don't follow Sen. ... 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