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Jeff Merkley
DWon the General, 2020 Oregon U.S. Senate
Oregon U.S. Senate, Jr (2008 - Present)
To be claimed
Former Member, Africa and Global Health Policy Subcommittee, United States Senate
Former Member, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, United States Senate
Former Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protections, United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development , United States Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management, and Regulatory Oversight, United States Senate
Member, Appropriations
Member, Budget
Member, Environment and Public Works
Member, Foreign Relations
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Member, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Member, Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
Member, Subcommittee on Energy nd Water Development
Member, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife
Member, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
Member, Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
Member, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Member, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Nurse
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes
Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes
Do you support increasing defense spending?
- No
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No
3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No
2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Yes
1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No
2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position
2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- No
Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position
1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer
2. Abortions should always be legal.
- X
3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester.
- No Answer
4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- No Answer
5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer
6. Dilation and extraction or "partial-birth" abortion procedures should be legal.
- No Answer
7. Medicare, Medicaid, and federal subsidies should be prohibited from being used on abortion procedures.
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles.
- No Answer
1. Agriculture
- No Answer
2. Arts
- No Answer
3. Defense
- No Answer
4. Education
- No Answer
5. Environment
- No Answer
6. FEMA
- No Answer
7. Homeland security
- No Answer
8. International aid
- No Answer
9. Law enforcement (Federal)
- No Answer
10. Law enforcement (State)
- No Answer
11. Medical research
- No Answer
12. National parks
- No Answer
13. Public health services
- No Answer
14. Scientific research
- No Answer
15. Space exploration programs
- No Answer
16. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- No Answer
17. United Nations
- No Answer
18. Welfare
- No Answer
19. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
20. Armed forces personnel training
- No Answer
21. Intelligence operations
- No Answer
22. Military hardware
- No Answer
23. Modernization of weaponry and equipment
- No Answer
24. National missile defense
- No Answer
25. Pay for active duty personnel
- No Answer
26. Programs to improve troop retention rates
- No Answer
27. Research and development of new weapons
- No Answer
28. Troop and equipment readiness
- No Answer
29. Less than $12,000
- No Answer
30. $12,001-$40,000
- No Answer
31. $40,001-$100,000
- No Answer
32. $100,001-$180,000
- No Answer
33. $180,001-$350,000
- No Answer
34. $350,001 and above
- No Answer
35. Alcohol taxes
- No Answer
36. Capital gains taxes
- No Answer
37. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer
38. Corporate taxes
- No Answer
39. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer
40. Inheritance taxes
- No Answer
41. Charitable contribution deduction
- No Answer
42. Child tax credit
- No Answer
43. Earned income tax credit
- No Answer
44. Medical expense deduction
- No Answer
45. Mortgage deduction
- No Answer
46. Student loan credit
- No Answer
47. Do you support the permanent repeal of the federal estate tax?
- No Answer
48. Do you support requiring the federal budget to be balanced each year?
- No Answer
49. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support increasing the amount individuals are permitted to contribute to federal campaigns.
- No Answer
2. Prohibit Political Action Committee (PAC) contributions to candidates for federal office.
- No Answer
3. Allow unregulated soft money campaign contributions to political parties or committees.
- No Answer
4. Remove all contribution limits on federal campaigns and parties.
- No Answer
5. Support prohibiting ads containing candidates' name that are paid for by third parties from airing 60 days before a primary and 30 days before a general federal election.
- No Answer
6. Support instant run-off voting (IRV).
- No Answer
7. Support designating Election Day as a national holiday.
- No Answer
8. Support giving the President the power of the line item veto for items concerning appropriations.
- No Answer
9. Support limiting the President's use of signing statements in order to prevent an alternative interpretation of the bill.
- X
10. Support a federal shield law to protect reporter-source privilege.
- No Answer
11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
- No Answer
2. Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.
- No Answer
3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- No Answer
4. Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.
- X
5. Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.
- No Answer
6. Support mandatory jail sentences for selling illegal drugs.
- X
7. Support strict penalties for internet crime (e.g. hacking, identity theft, worms/viruses).
- X
8. Require that crimes based on sexual orientation be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.
- X
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support the federal government funding universal pre-K programs.
- X
2. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- No Answer
3. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- No Answer
4. Allow teachers and professionals to receive federal funding to establish charter or magnet schools.
- No Answer
5. Increase funding for the Pell Grant program.
- X
6. Decrease interest rates of Stafford Loans.
- X
7. Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
- X
8. Ban university financial aid officers from owning stock in or accepting gifts from student loan lenders.
- No Answer
9. Require universities to disclose financial relationships with lenders.
- No Answer
10. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
- No Answer
11. Eliminate all federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
- No Answer
12. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Increase funding for national job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today?s job market.
- X
2. Reduce government regulation of the private sector.
- No Answer
3. Encourage employers to offer child care services, flex-time scheduling, comp-time, and unpaid leave for family emergencies.
- No Answer
4. Increase the federal minimum wage.
- X
5. Support the right of workers to unionize.
- X
6. Eliminate all federal programs designed to reduce unemployment.
- No Answer
7. Include sexual orientation in federal anti-discrimination laws.
- X
8. Include gender identity in federal anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
- X
2. Strengthen the regulation and enforcement of the Clean Air Act.
- X
3. Support increased development of traditional energy resources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil).
- No Answer
4. Strengthen emission controls on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
- X
5. Strengthen fuel efficiency standards on all gasoline and diesel-powered engines, including cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles.
- X
6. Support domestic oil exploration in areas that are currently restricted.
- No Answer
7. Encourage further development and use of alternative fuels.
- X
8. Support the use of ethanol as an alternative fuel.
- No Answer
9. Support research and development of nuclear reactors as an alternative energy source.
- No Answer
10. Allow energy producers to trade pollution credits under "cap and trade" laws.
- X
11. Support international mandatory emission targets to limit global warming.
- No Answer
12. Support international voluntary emission targets to limit global warming.
- No Answer
13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Allow individuals to carry concealed guns.
- No Answer
2. Ban the sale, ownership or possession of handguns except by law enforcement and other government officials.
- No Answer
3. Enforcement of existing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
4. Restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns.
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Implement a universal healthcare program to guarantee coverage to all Americans, regardless of income.
- No Answer
2. Expand eligibility for tax-free medical savings accounts.
- No Answer
3. Allow the importation of prescription drugs into the United States.
- X
4. Support expanding prescription drug coverage under Medicare.
- No Answer
5. Offer tax credits to individuals and small businesses to offset the cost of insurance coverage.
- X
6. Support expanding child healthcare programs.
- X
7. Providing healthcare is not a responsibility of the federal government.
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Decrease the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country.
- No Answer
2. Establish English as the official national language.
- No Answer
3. Support a temporary worker program.
- No Answer
4. Support harsher financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
- X
5. Support amnesty for illegal immigrants already working in the United States.
- No Answer
6. Illegal immigrants should have to return to their countries of origin before being considered for citizenship.
- No Answer
7. Illegal immigrants should be given a pathway to citizenship.
- No Answer
8. Support merit-based visas over family-based visas.
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Support the United States granting aid to countries when extraordinary circumstances cause disaster and threaten civilian lives.
- No Answer
2. Support the United States granting aid to countries when it is in the security interests of the United States.
- No Answer
3. Eliminate United States aid for any nation with documented human rights abuses.
- No Answer
4. Aid granted by the United States should be scaled back and eventually eliminated.
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
6. Should the United States continue to provide leadership in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
- Yes
7. Should the United States support the creation of a Palestinian state?
- Yes
8. Should the United States impose greater international sanctions on Iran if it continues to defy United Nations mandates?
- Yes
9. Should the United States support the Lebanese government against insurgent forces?
- No Answer
10. Should the United States maintain its troop levels in Iraq?
- No Answer
11. Should the United States withdraw its troops from Iraq?
- Yes
12. Discuss your proposals for Iraq.
- No Answer
13. Should the United States apply greater economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea if it fails to abide by its agreement to suspend its nuclear program?
- No Answer
14. Should the United States increase financial support for Afghanistan?
- No Answer
15. Should the United States increase military support for Afghanistan?
- No Answer
16. Should the United States trade nuclear fuel to India for civilian purposes?
- No Answer
17. Should the United States decrease financial support for Pakistan?
- No Answer
18. Should the United States decrease military support for Pakistan?
- No Answer
19. Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in Darfur, Sudan?
- No Answer
20. Should the United States be involved in bringing an end to the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
- No Answer
21. Should the United States provide economic and military support to the Transitional Government of Somalia?
- No Answer
22. Should the United States use sanctions to encourage the government of Zimbabwe to end its human rights abuses?
- No Answer
23. Should the United States support the creation of an independent nation of Kosovo?
- No Answer
24. Do you support the United States imposing economic sanctions on China?
- No Answer
25. Do you support the United States imposing trade sanctions on Venezuela?
- No Answer
26. Do you support the United States involvement in free trade agreements?
- No Answer
27. Do you support the United States involvement in intergovernmental organizations dedicated to trade?
- No Answer
1. Do you support using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists when ordinary civilian courts are deemed inappropriate or impractical?
- No Answer
2. Should law enforcement agencies have greater discretion to monitor domestic communications, to prevent future terrorist attacks?
- No Answer
3. Should the United States hold foreign states accountable for terrorists who operate in their country?
- No Answer
4. Should the federal government increase funding to states and cities for homeland security?
- Yes
5. Do you support pre-emptive military strikes against countries deemed to be a threat to United States national security?
- No Answer
6. Do you support the creation of a federal identification card system?
- No Answer
7. Do you support long-term use of National Guard troops to supplement the armed forces in assignments overseas?
- No Answer
8. Should the United States expand its missile defense shield?
- No Answer
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
- Yes
2. Do you support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman?
- No Answer
3. Do you support federal funding for research on existing embryonic stem cell lines?
- Yes
4. Do you support federal funding to create lines of stem cells from new embryos?
- Yes
5. Should the federal government consider race and gender in government contracting decisions?
- No Answer
6. Should the federal government continue affirmative action programs?
- No Answer
7. Should the federal government regulate internet gambling?
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Allow workers to invest a portion of their payroll tax in private accounts that they manage themselves.
- No Answer
2. Ensure the viability of Social Security by increasing the payroll tax.
- No Answer
3. Decrease benefits paid to retirees.
- No Answer
4. Support proportional increases of Social Security benefits based on the cost of living index.
- No Answer
5. Raise the retirement age for individual eligibility to receive full Social Security benefits.
- No Answer
1. Require welfare recipients to spend at least 40 hours a week in a combination of work and training programs.
- X
2. Continue to give states and local governments flexibility in and responsibility for welfare programs through federal block grants.
- No Answer
3. Support housing assistance for welfare recipients.
- No Answer
4. Abolish all federal welfare programs.
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
1. Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?
- Yes
Do you support building the Keystone XL pipeline?
- No
Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- Yes
1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?
- No
1. Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No
Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
1. Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?
- Unknown Position
1. Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?
- No
Latest Action: Senate - 06/24/2019 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tracker:Latest Action: Senate - 06/24/2019 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Tracker:Latest Action: Senate - 06/20/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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