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Jeff Merkley

Privacy Advocates Herald Bill to Curb Corporate Use of 'Enormously Invasive' Facial Recognition Technology

'For a Greener Future': Omar, Sanders Lead Bill to End Destructive Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"We need more safe, healthy, good paying jobs—not more corporate polluter giveaways."

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'This Has to Stop': Oregon Senators Unveil Amendment to Bar Trump From Sending Secret Police Into US Cities

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"What we're seeing in my hometown is authoritarian brutality unleashed against...

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Oregon Senator Vows Amendment to Bar Trump From Sending "Paramilitary Squads Onto America's Streets"

Jake Johnson, staff writer

'We won't let these authoritarian tactics stand."

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'This Bill Should Immediately Pass': Applause for New US Legislation to Ban Facial Recognition

A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample from a resident to test for Covid-19 at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on May 13, 2020.

Sanders Bill Would Expand Medicare During Covid-19 Crisis Instead of Costlier Plan to Prop Up Private Insurers

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) (L) speaks during a press conference following a vote in the House on ending U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2019.

100+ Lawmakers Demand Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs to Ensure Access to Services 'Essential to Survive' During Coronavirus Crisis

Progressive Lawmakers Demand Nationwide Moratorium on 'Cruel and Dangerous' Evictions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

Over 570 Groups Endorse Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's Fracking Ban Act as 'Essential and Urgent Climate Action'

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Sanders Takes Aim at Corporate Polluters With Bill to Clean Up Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water

President Donald Trump address to the nation from the Grand Foyer at the White House on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Seems Increasingly Likely Trump Just Made Up the 'Imminent Threat' Posed by Soleimani

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wave to the crowd at the end of a campaign rally in Wichita, Kansas on July 20, 2018.

Because 'Puerto Rico Must No Longer Be Treated as a Colony,' Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Lead Demand to End Painful Austerity

Merkley Senate Bill Would Abolish 'Undemocratic' Electoral College

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Five 2020 Democrats Back Sweeping Bill to Legalize Marijuana Nationwide and Aid Impacted Communities

Facing Decades in Prison, Anti-Nuke Activists Condemn Trump for Putting 'Human Experiment' at Risk With INF Withdrawal

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Makers of Nuclear Weapons Only Winners, Warn Critics, as Trump Ditches INF Treaty

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Fight for the Future

Corporate Use of Facial Recognition Should Be Banned. But This Bill Will Help Slow It Down and That’s a Good Thing.

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Sen. Merkley Files Emergency Motion in Historic Lawsuit Challenging Confirmation Process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Senator Jeff Merkley Files Lawsuit Against President Trump, Senator Mitch McConnell and Others Over Unprecedented Interference with Nomination Process for Brett Kavanaugh