US Congress Senator Jeff Merkley [D]

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USSB2344Intro
25%
A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSR296Intro
25%
A resolution designating July 2023 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".
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2023-07-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2299Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSCR13Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently neede...
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2023-07-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB2294Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which those veterans and dependents were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other...
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2023-07-13
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USSB1954Intro
25%
A bill to improve the provision of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSJR37Intro
25%
A joint resolution requiring the advice and consent of the Senate or an Act of Congress to suspend, terminate, or withdraw the United States from the North Atlantic Treaty and authorizing related litigation, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB2279Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
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2023-07-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB928Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB162Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for other purp...
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2023-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
USSB440Intro
25%
A bill to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, f...
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2023-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
USSB2243Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools and other programs, including social work, physician assistant, and...
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2023-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2224Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for taxpayers owning 50 or more single family properties.
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2023-07-11
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2246Intro
25%
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.
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2023-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2221Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2217Intro
25%
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2196Intro
25%
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability beneficiaries.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSR285Intro
25%
A resolution to provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the...
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2023-06-22
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSB2152Intro
25%
A bill to authorize grants to eligible entities to pay for travel-related expenses and logistical support for individuals with respect to accessing abortion services, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2194Intro
25%
A bill to remove limitations under Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and the Department of Veterans Affairs on benefits for persons in custody pending disposition of charges.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSR282Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing June 2023 as "LGBTQ Pride Month".
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2023-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR274Intro
25%
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2176Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2207Intro
25%
A bill to provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2171Intro
25%
A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2135Intro
25%
A bill to require the Agricultural Research Service to conduct research relating to wildfire smoke exposure on wine grapes, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB2175Intro
25%
A bill to amend section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to reduce the waiting period for employment authorization for asylum applicants, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2145Intro
25%
A bill to support educational entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of education, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR276Intro
25%
A resolution expressing opposition to the use of State power against people in the United States seeking essential health care, including criminalization of the full range of sexual and reproductive health care such as abortion, gender-affirming care...
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2199Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to establish a pollinator-friendly plant labeling program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB5Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR263Intro
25%
A resolution commemorating June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Independence Day" in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States.
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2023-06-21
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2192; text: CR S2191)
USSB2053Intro
25%
A bill to protect freedom of travel and reproductive rights.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR258Intro
25%
A resolution reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States and around the world.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB2054Intro
25%
A bill to ensure that the Department of Defense achieves a clean audit opinion on its financial statements.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Armed Services Committee
USSB2048Intro
25%
A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2044Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish reference prices for prescription drugs for purposes of Federal health programs, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2012Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of dental services under the Medicare program.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2039Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan (or health insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan) to provide for cost-sharing for oral anticancer drugs on terms no less favorable ...
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2023-06-15
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2016Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-15
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB305Engross
50%
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support programs at the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
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2023-06-14
Held at the desk.
USSB1999Intro
25%
A bill to protect an individual's ability to access contraceptives and to engage in contraception and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide contraceptives, contraception, and information related to contraception.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1963Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to ensure College for All.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1995Intro
25%
A bill to support public health infrastructure.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSJR33Intro
25%
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1992Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the earned income and child tax credits, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-14
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1948Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies to implement a cleaner air space program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB1940Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the use of M-44 devices, commonly known as "cyanide bombs", on public land, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSB1960Intro
25%
A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for violations of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB1934Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-13
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
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