Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking for more than 15 hours, as of Wednesday morning, warning abut the "grave threat" posed by ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been ...

The government shutdown stretched into Day 24 on Friday as the Senate failed to advance a measure to pay some federal workers ...

Watch live as Senator Jeff Merkley continues his marathon overnight speech on the Senate floor. Merkley, who is 68, is ...

The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the ...

The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican bill to pay "essential" federal workers amid the shutdown. Democrats are expected to block the measure.