Senate Floor Speeches

Trump, Senate and Jeff Merkley

Democratic Sen. Merkley ends floor speech protesting Trump at 22 hours and 36 minutes

Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor about the President Donald Trump's "growing authoritarianism" since 6:24 p.m. Tuesday with no indication that he'll end any time soon.

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Democrat Jeff Merkley breaks state record with 22-hour Senate speech to protest Trump

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Sen. Jeff Merkley warns 'tyranny has arrived' in marathon floor speech protesting Trump

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Senator speaking through the night, says Trump is 'shredding our constitution'

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is speaking through the night about President Donald Trump and threats to democracy.

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Merkley's Marathon Address Decried Trump's "Authoritarian Grip"—But Executive Overreach Didn't Start With Him

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Who is Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley? Why is he giving a marathon Senate speech? What to know.

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Democratic senator holds Senate floor for 13 hours and counting to protest Trump

The Oregon Democrat accused Trump of “tyranny” and urged Democrats and Republicans to join together to “save the Republic.”

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Sen. Jeff Merkley delivers 4th longest Senate floor speech in modern history to protest Trump

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Watch: Sen. Jeff Merkley begins Senate marathon speech to protest Trump's policies

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Marathon Senate speech highlights mounting tension as shutdown hits Day 23. Live updates

Oregon, held the Senate floor for more than 22 hours to protest President Donald Trump and the government closure.

Government shutdown continues as Senate fails to advance GOP bill and Democrat gives 22-hour speech

The Senate failed to advance the House-passed funding bill that would end the government shutdown for the 12th time on Wednesday, following a marathon speech by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon.