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Recent News About Senate Budget Committee
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Senator Lindsey Graham led a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Mar. 10 focused on sanctuary city policies. The discussion included recent incidents linked to these policies and ongoing legislative disputes over immigration enforcement.
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Senator Jeff Merkley delivered an opening statement at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on sanctuary cities. He questioned the relevance of focusing on this issue over other pressing budget matters like healthcare cuts and military spending. Expert witnesses David J. Bier and Brendan Duke joined the discussion.
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has commented on a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) following a recent Supreme Court decision.
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A new staff report released by Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, details the increased federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry included in the recently enacted Big, Ugly Betrayal bill.
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has responded to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long Term Budget Outlook covering 2026 to 2056.
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The Department of Defense has released an unclassified version of its spending plan for national security funding, following demands from Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and other Senate Budget Committee Democrats.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed reciprocal tariffs in April.
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released a statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual Budget and Economic Outlook for 2026 to 2036.
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Senate Budget Committee Democrats, led by Ranking Member Jeff Merkley (D-OR), have called on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to explain the Department of Defense’s (DOD) decision to fully classify its budget reconciliation spending plan.
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As the Senate debates bipartisan legislation to fund parts of the federal government, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has introduced an amendment aimed at permanently banning pocket rescissions.
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has informed Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that the deployment of National Guard personnel to U.S. cities under President Donald Trump has cost taxpayers more than $589...
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A group of 23 U.S. Senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the...
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has led Democratic members of the committee in requesting information from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought regarding the use of a...
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has informed Senator Jeff Merkley, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, that the Trump Administration's effort to rename the Department of Defense (DOD) could cost as much as $125 million.
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Following the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) economic outlook for 2026 to 2028, Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, commented on the report’s findings regarding the effects of recent federal...
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has responded to the Trump Administration's announcement of a $12 billion bailout package for American farmers affected by recent tariffs.
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U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have requested answers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding problems with the launch of a new Medicare Advantage provider-directory tool.
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U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, has led a group of senators in requesting that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examine the financial impact of President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard...
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U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to clarify how states should implement changes to Medicaid following recent Republican-led budget cuts, commonly referred to as "Trumpcare."
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement following the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.